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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Internal Labour Migration in India: A 'Crisis of Mobility'. 2019冠状病毒病大流行与印度内部劳动力迁移:“流动危机”。

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Indian Journal of Labour Economics Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Epub Date: 2020-11-20 DOI: 10.1007/s41027-020-00293-8

S Irudaya Rajan, P Sivakumar, Aditya Srinivasan

引用次数: 98

Impact of Lockdown on Labour in India. 封锁对印度劳动力的影响。

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Indian Journal of Labour Economics Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1007/s41027-020-00259-w

Mahesh Vyas

引用次数: 17

Manufactured Maladies: Lives and Livelihoods of Migrant Workers During COVID-19 Lockdown in India. 人为疾病:印度COVID-19封锁期间农民工的生活和生计。

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Indian Journal of Labour Economics Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Epub Date: 2020-10-21 DOI: 10.1007/s41027-020-00282-x

Anindita Adhikari, Navmee Goregaonkar, Rajendran Narayanan, Nishant Panicker, Nithya Ramamoorthy

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引用次数: 30

The Pandemic in India and Its Impact on Footloose Labour. 印度的疫情及其对流动劳动力的影响。

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Indian Journal of Labour Economics Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Epub Date: 2020-10-30 DOI: 10.1007/s41027-020-00285-8

Jan Breman

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引用次数: 37

Implications of Covid-19 for Labour and Employment in India. 2019冠状病毒病对印度劳动力和就业的影响。

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Indian Journal of Labour Economics Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1007/s41027-020-00255-0

Dagmar Walter

引用次数: 22

Early Effects of Lockdown in India: Gender Gaps in Job Losses and Domestic Work. 印度封锁的早期影响:失业和家务劳动中的性别差距。

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Indian Journal of Labour Economics Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1007/s41027-020-00261-2

Ashwini Deshpande

引用次数: 20

The Labour Market Impacts of the COVID-19: A Global Perspective. 2019冠状病毒病对劳动力市场的影响:全球视角。

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Indian Journal of Labour Economics Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1007/s41027-020-00249-y

Sangheon Lee, Dorothea Schmidt-Klau, Sher Verick

引用次数: 47

The Impact of COVID-19 in Brazil: Labour Market and Social Protection Responses. 2019冠状病毒病对巴西的影响:劳动力市场和社会保护对策。

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Indian Journal of Labour Economics Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1007/s41027-020-00252-3

Ian Prates, Rogério J Barbosa

引用次数: 18

Inclusion of Interstate Migrant Workers in Kerala and Lessons for India. 喀拉拉邦州际移民工人的纳入及其对印度的教训。

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Indian Journal of Labour Economics Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Epub Date: 2020-11-12 DOI: 10.1007/s41027-020-00292-9

Benoy Peter, Shachi Sanghvi, Vishnu Narendran

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引用次数: 16

Examining the 'Labour' in Labour Migration: Migrant Workers' Informal Work Arrangements and Access to Labour Rights in Urban Sectors. 考察劳动力迁移中的“劳工”:农民工在城市部门的非正式工作安排和获得劳工权利。

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Indian Journal of Labour Economics Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Epub Date: 2020-11-21 DOI: 10.1007/s41027-020-00288-5

Nivedita Jayaram, Divya Varma

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引用次数: 10