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Suresh Chand Aggarwal

Institute for Human Development

NIDM Building, IIPA Campus

Indraprastha Estate

New Delhi, 110002

India

Deptt of Business Economics, UDSC

Former Professor

Benito Juarez Marg,

Dhuala Kuan,

New Delhi-110021

India

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

20

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5

Scholarly Papers (20)

1.

The status of Self-employed and Casual Workers in India: Some recent changes due to COVID19

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 25 Jul 2023
Suresh Chand Aggarwal
Institute for Human Development
Downloads 448 (160,353)
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employment, self-employed workers, casual workers, feminization, COVID19, days worked, hours worked, PLFS

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Quality of Life: Issues and Challenges in Measurement

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 11 May 2017 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2017
Suresh Chand Aggarwal
Institute for Human Development
Downloads 323 (232,793)
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Quality of life, Well-being, SNA, GDP

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Determinants of Labour Productivity Growth in India: Exploring Regional and Sectoral Reallocation of Workers

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 10 May 2024
University of Groningen, Government of India - Reserve Bank of India, Government of India - Reserve Bank of India, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai and Institute for Human Development
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Explaining the Recent Significant Hikes in Employment in Indian Agriculture

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Jun 2024
Bishwanath Goldar and Suresh Chand Aggarwal
Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) and Institute for Human Development
Downloads 191 (397,477)
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Indian agriculture, Employment growth, Female workforce participation, Animal husbandry

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Structural Changes in Manufacturing Employment in India, 1999-2011

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 09 May 2017
Bishwanath Goldar and Suresh Chand Aggarwal
Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) and Institute for Human Development
Downloads 163 (459,428)
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manufacturing employment, structural change, unorganized sector, India

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Not All Informal Firms Are Alike: Understanding Gender Productivity Gaps across Enterprise Types in India's Informal Manufacturing Sector -Evidence from ASUSE Data

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 05 Nov 2025
Bishwanath Goldar, Suresh Chand Aggarwal and Abdul Azeez Erumban
Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), Institute for Human Development and University of Groningen
Downloads 148 (505,974)

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women entrepreneurs, productivity disadvantage

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Impact of COVID-19 on Growth in Employment and Gross Value Added in India’s Unorganized Manufacturing

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 03 Mar 2023
Bishwanath Goldar and Suresh Chand Aggarwal
Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) and Institute for Human Development
Downloads 105 (664,543)

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Impact of COVID-19, Unorganized manufacturing, India, Periodic Labour Force Survey

8.

Employment Growth in India in Recent Years: Contributions of A Women-Centric Industrial Development

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 30 Oct 2024
Bishwanath Goldar and Suresh Chand Aggarwal
Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) and Institute for Human Development
Downloads 93 (725,554)

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agriculture share in employment, female employment in manufacturing, womencentric industrial development, women-owned manufacturing enterprises

9.

The Environmental Kuznets Curve for Changing Land Use: Empirical Evidence from Major States of India

International Journal of Sustainable Development, 2003
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 22 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 11 May 2017
Pushpam Kumar and Suresh Chand Aggarwal
Independent and Institute for Human Development
Downloads 70 (875,328)

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EKC, Land use, Per capita income (PCI), Production yield, and Pooled model

10.

Economic growth and jobs: India's experience of the last 25 years in an international perspective 

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Aug 2024
Suresh Chand Aggarwal and Bishwanath Goldar
Institute for Human Development and Institute of Economic Growth (IEG)
Downloads 65 (916,100)

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employment growth in India, structural change, employment elasticity, cross-country comparison

11.

Labor Quality in Market Services in India

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 11 May 2017 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2017
Suresh Chand Aggarwal and Deb Das
Institute for Human Development and Ramjas College - University of Delhi
Downloads 48 (1,086,013)

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educational composition, labor quality index, market services

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Labour Quality in Indian Manufacturing: A State Level Analysis

Economic and Political Weekly, 2004
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 22 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 11 May 2017
Suresh Chand Aggarwal
Institute for Human Development
Downloads 47 (1,097,529)

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educational composition, labour quality index, manufacturing workers

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Surge in Manufacturing Employment in India in Recent Years: Patterns of Change and Causes Underlying Job Growth

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 17 Apr 2026
Bishwanath Goldar and Suresh Chand Aggarwal
Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) and Institute for Human Development
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manufacturing employment, India, female-owned enterprises, rural female workforce participation

14.

Wage Employment Relationship in Indian Public Sector Enterprises

Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 49, No. 4, 2006
Posted: 22 Jun 2007
Suresh Chand Aggarwal
Institute for Human Development

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wage, employment, Public enterprises

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Child Labour and Household Characteristics in Selected States - Estimates from Nss 55th Round

Economic and Political Weekly, No. 2, 2004
Posted: 22 Jun 2007
Suresh Chand Aggarwal
Institute for Human Development

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child labour, poverty, education NSSO

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Productivity in Public, Joint and Private Sectors of Indian Industry: An Assessment of Relative Performance in Pre and Post Reform Periods

Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, 2002
Posted: 22 Jun 2007
Suresh Chand Aggarwal
Institute for Human Development

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Productivity, public, private, joint, pre reform, post reform

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Wages and Labour Productivity in Indian Organised Industry: An Empirical Investigation of Causality

Asian Economic Review, 1999
Posted: 22 Jun 2007
Suresh Chand Aggarwal
Institute for Human Development

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Wages and Productivity in Indian Public Enterprises: A Causality Analysis

Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 1998
Posted: 22 Jun 2007
Suresh Chand Aggarwal
Institute for Human Development

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World Class Manufacturing and Bench Marking - the Philosophy of Performance Enhancement

Productivity, 2000
Posted: 22 Jun 2007
Suresh Chand Aggarwal
Institute for Human Development

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Labour Demand Function for the Indian Organized Industry: An Instrument Variable Approach

Indian Economic Review, Vol 37, No.2, Pp.209-20
Posted: 15 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 11 May 2017
Suresh Chand Aggarwal
Institute for Human Development

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Structural Breaks, Kink Method, Labour Demand Function, Instrument Variable method, Employment elasticity