TY - GEN AU - edited by Virginius Xaxa, Debadulal Saha and Rajdeep Singha AU - Xaxa, Virginius AU - Singha, Rajdeep AU - Saha, Debadulal TI - Employment and labour market in North-East India: interrogating structural changes SN - 9780367137519 PY - 2019/// CY - New York PB - Routledge Francis and Taylor Group KW - Labour and Migration N1 - Structure and patterns of employment in North-East India Work, employment and labour in industries Migration and labour mobility Employment diversification; 1. Labour and the labour market in North-east India: a historical exploration Virginius Xaxa 19 2. Changing trajectories of economic growth and employment in North East India: an empirical assessment 39 Anjan Chakrabarti 3. Structure and quality of employment in North East India : a socio-religious analysis Ajaya Kumar Naik and Nitin Tagade 73 4. Women’s employment in North-East India: trends and patterns Bornali Borah 5. Beyond standard outcomes: the state of employment and labour in the tea industry of Assam Debulal Saha, Rajdeep Singha and Padmini Sharma 151 6. Work, control and mobility in the manufacturing industry: a study of the cement industry in Assam Piyali Bhowmick 175 7. Fostering employment in the handloom sector in the North-east through cluster development: a case study of Mizoram 193 Rama Ramswamy 8. From craft to industry: understanding the dynamics of handloom weaving in Manipur 224 Otojit Kshetrimayum 9. Employment potential of migrant workers in Meghalya: an empirical exploration 263 Jajati Keshari Parida 10. Out migration and labour mobility: case studies from Assam 284 Sneashish Mitra 11. Rural non-farm employment in North-East India: a temporal and spatial analysis 319 Bhagirathi Panda 12 Trends, composition and determinants of rural non-farm employment in Assam and its implication for rural income distribution 345 Anamika Das 13 Employment diversification in Tripura 369 Rajdeep Singha ; Index 390 ER -