Labour Regulations, Growth and Employment: A South Asian Perspective

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South Asian Journal of Human Resource Management Pub Date : 2021-11-02 DOI:10.1177/23220937211049137

I. Islam

引用次数: 2

Abstract

Drawing on the experience of four South Asian economies (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka), this article argues that properly designed labour market institutions and regulations play a pivotal role in engendering desirable economic and social dividends. The alternative is a Hobbesian world of an unregulated labour market, which is likely to produce poor wages and working conditions. Policymakers in the region should acknowledge common challenges pertaining to low utilisation of the skills and talents of young people, entrenched gender disparities, high, and in many cases rising, informality, significant incidence of working poverty and vulnerability. They should focus on designing complementary interventions to tackle such shared challenges rather than being fixated on the narrowly conceived notion of deregulating labour markets.

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劳动法规、增长和就业:南亚视角

根据四个南亚经济体(孟加拉国、印度、巴基斯坦、斯里兰卡)的经验，本文认为，合理设计的劳动力市场制度和法规在产生理想的经济和社会红利方面发挥着关键作用。另一种选择是一个不受监管的劳动力市场的霍布斯世界，这可能会产生糟糕的工资和工作条件。该地区的政策制定者应该认识到共同的挑战，包括年轻人的技能和才能利用率低、根深蒂固的性别差距、高度的非正式性(在许多情况下还在上升)、工作贫困和脆弱性的发生率很高。他们应该专注于设计补充性干预措施，以应对这些共同挑战，而不是执着于放松劳动力市场管制的狭隘概念。

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South Asian Journal of Human Resource Management MANAGEMENT-

CiteScore

2.30

自引率

23.50%

发文量

期刊介绍： South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management (SAJHRM) is a peer-reviewed scholarly outlet for publications on HRM in and out of South Asia. It includes countries that are members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), namely, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. In terms of the discipline focus, all articles broadly focusing on the theory and practice of managing human resources for the benefit of individuals, firms and community at large will be acceptable. In view of the contemporary focus on Strategic HRM, the journal coverage would also include comparative research and other related management disciplines as long as one of the key aims of the manuscript is on harnessing the potential of human capital. Considering the uneven economic development within the South Asian region, the journal encourages potential authors to explore broader implications of their scholarly views and findings on the region as a whole. A distinguishing feature of the journal is its focus on “HR in Practice”. Apart from theory, it will pay significant attention on how HRM is practiced in and out of South Asia. The journal features conceptual and empirical research papers, research notes, interviews, case studies and book reviews. In short, to be considered for publication, a manuscript should broadly focus on managing people and contextualised within one or more South Asian countries at the firm, regional, national and international levels.