Health, Safety and Well-Being of Workers in the Informal Sector in India Lessons for Emerging Economies /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Panneer, Sigamani (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Acharya, Sanghmitra S. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sivakami, Nagarajan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Industrial psychology.; Economic sociology.; Public health.; Industrial and Organizational Psychology.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.; Public Health.

This book focuses on the core problems of occupational health, safety and well-being of workers in the informal sector in developing countries, where it accounts for most of the rural labour force and a substantial percentage of the urban labour force. The sector is characterised by low incomes, uns...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Understanding and Addressing the Inequities affecting the workers in Informal Sector
• 3. Health, Safety & Well-being of sanitation workers; realities of historical exclusion and livelihoods
• 4. Health, Safety and Well-Being of Women Workers in Informal Economy: Evidences from Construction Work in New Delhi, India
• 5. Women in the Labour Market
• 6. Women workers in shoe factory and perception to willingness to pay (wtp) for social insurance study in Ambur Taluk in Vellore Districts
• 7. Health, safety and wellbeing of women workers in unorganised sector/informal economy
• 8. Dispossessed and disposed: the plight of Agricultural workforce
• 9. Health Concerns of Women Street Vendors: Challenges and Prospects
• 10. The Political Economy of Demonetization: Challenges and Prospects for Informal Economy with Special Reference to Agriculture
• 11. Financial and Social Security for Older Persons in the Indian Informal Economy
• 12. Health, Social Security and Income Generation of Labourers in Informal Sector: Primary Data Evidence from Textile Firms of Tirupur
• 13. Demonetization and the Informal Economy: A highroad to formalism or a free fall to destruction?
• 14. Health, Safety & Well-Being of the Manual Scavengers: Social Exclusion Perspective
• 15. Public Health Outcomes through District level System Integration among Inter-State Migrants in Kerala
• 16. Legal issues/Acts and provisions related to informal sector in India-A Case of Karnataka
• 17. Descriptive Analysis of the Occupational Hazards Associated with Beedi Workers in India
• 18. The Social Constructs of Surrogacy as experienced by Surrogate Mothers
• 19. Encountering Alienation: A situational review of Inter-state Migrant workers from the North Indian States in Kerala
• 20. Quality of Life of Transgender Workers in the Unorganized sector
• 21. A study on Quality of Life among Individuals with Special Needs Working in the Unorganized Sector.