Industrial Clusters, Migrant Workers, and Labour Markets in India

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction: Development of Industrial Clusters and the Labour Force

   • Shuji Uchikawa

   Pages 1-21

3. Migrant Workers in Ludhiana

   • Jesim Pais, Yoshifumi Usami

   Pages 22-61

4. Knitted Together: The Life of Migrants in Tiruppur Garment Cluster

   • Muniandi Jegadeesan, Koichi Fujita

   Pages 62-88

5. Pattern of Rural Livelihoods in Punjab: The Role of Industrial and Urban Linkages

   • Kamal Vatta

   Pages 89-119

6. Impact of Non-Farm Employment on Landholding Structures in Punjab: Comparison of Three Villages

   • Daizo Sugimoto

   Pages 120-148

7. Industrial Growth and Indian Agriculture: Insights from Two Villages Near Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu

   • D. Suresh Kumar, Koichi Fujita

   Pages 149-175

8. Tiruppur’s Labour Market on the Move: An Examination of Its Industrial Relations with Special Focus on the Institutional Actors in the Apparel Industry

   • Hitoshi Ota

   Pages 176-208

9. Structure of the Steel Industry and Firm Level Labour Management in Mandi Gobindgarh and Ludhiana

   • Etsuro Ishigami

   Pages 209-229

10. Back Matter

    Pages 230-238

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This book analyzes three points: employment conditions for migrant workers, the impact of industrialization as part of industrial clusters upon surrounding and outlying villages, and the labour market in industrial clusters. This book examines the cases of two newly developed industrial clusters: Ludhiana in Punjab and Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu.

• Industrial Clusters
• Migrant Workers
• Labour Markets
• India
• development
• employment
• growth
• industrial relations
• labor market
• labour market
• migrants

• School of Economics, Senshu University, Japan

  Shuji Uchikawa

Shuji Uchikawa Jesim Pais Yoshifumi Usami Muniandi Jegadeesan Koichi Fujita Kamal Vatta Daizo Sugimoto D. Suresh Kumar Koichi Fujita Hitoshi Ota Etsuro Ishigami

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