Higher education, employment, and economic development in India : problems, prospects, and policies

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    • Mishra, Ram Kumar
    • Kujur, Sandeep Kumar
    • Trivikram, K.
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Higher education, employment, and economic development in India : problems, prospects, and policies

edited by Ram Kumar Mishra, Sandeep Kumar Kujur, and K. Trivikram

Routlege, 2023

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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* The volume explores the relationship between higher education, employment and economic development in India * It provides a platform to discuss, debate and exchange ideas and insights on various issues, challenges relating to employment generation and development. * This volume will be of interest to teachers, students, and researchers of education, anthropology, economics, and political economy across UK and US. It will also be useful for academicians, practitioners, policymakers, and those interested in humanities, social sciences, and policy agendas.

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List of figures List of tables List of contributors Foreword Prelude Acknowledgements List of abbreviations 1 Higher education and Employment in India: An introduction Part 1: Higher education participation, employment, and income inequality 2 Participation in higher education: The role of institutions 3 Gender gaps in employment preferences among university graduates in India 4 Educational expansion and income inequality in India Part 2: Quality and the role of higher education institutions in economic development 5 Indian higher education: Introspecting the state of quality 6 The role and impact of academics' societal engagement 7 The roles of agricultural universities in serving regional economic development Part 3: Demographic dividend, joblessness, and informality 8 Harnessing India's demographic dividend: The way forward 9 Jobless growth in India: Employment-unemployment of educated youth 10 Agricultural exports and informal sector in India: A macroeconomic perspective Part 4: Labour migration and female employment 11 Industrial and occupational distribution of migrant workers in India 12 Understanding the decline in women's employment in rural India 13 Low female labour force participation: evidence from urban Kerala Part 5: Employment generation in the manufacturing sector 14 BRICS-EU global value chains trade and manufacturing employment 15 Employability of FDI in India's manufacturing firms 16 Technology and labour in India's manufacturing 17 Imported inputs and labour in India's manufacturing Appendix Index

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