Browsing Journal Articles by Author "D'Souza, Errol"

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    • Impact of economic reforms on rural employment, (in two parts) 

      D'Souza, Errol (2002-10-18)

    • A leap in the dark: the fiscal-monetary nexus 

      D'Souza, Errol (2005-10-25)
      The orientation of fiscal policy should be on fiscal correction and long-term issues. Aggregate demand management is then the exclusive domain of monetary policy which by initiating a softer interest rate regime can ...

    • Life cycle concerns: ineffectively addressed 

      D'Souza, Errol (2003-10-20)
      The lifetime concerns of individuals, though a key focus of the Budget for 2003-04, are nevertheless addressed in such a way that human capital – the engine of growth – will not be accumulated in an equitable or efficient ...

    • The pervasiveness of self-employment 

      D'Souza, Errol (2003-10-21)
      Ageing populations with increased life expectancy, low morality rates, and decreasing and colatile returns in financial markets have made old age financial security difficult. Further, escalating costs of the pension system ...

    • Post quota textile scenario in India 

      D'Souza, Errol (2004-07-21)

    • A primer on required tax policy 

      D'Souza, Errol (2002-10-18)
      In the last two years there has been a decline in the tax/GDP ratio but this year the finance minister intends to reverse that mainly through mopping up more corporation and income and service taxes and an improvement in ...

    • Review of informal economy centre stage: new structures of employment 

      D'Souza, Errol (2004-07-21)

    • Secure livelihoods: Keynote paper 

      D'Souza, Errol (2001-10-18)

    • Self employment and human capital 

      D'Souza, Errol (Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 2008-11-10)
      The structure of production in the process of economic development embodies a shift from self-employment to wage work. This paper develops a simple labour allocation framework to explain this. The extent of human capital ...

    • Wage disparity and human capital accumulation 

      D'Souza, Errol (2004-10-25)
      When the acquisitions of skills and technological change have mutually reinforcing effects the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers increases. The cost of education is a deterrent to investment in skills that can ...

    • What is monetary policy doing? 

      D'Souza, Errol (2003-10-20)
      The Reserve Bank of India has been using open market operations to sterilise the inflows of foreign capital so as to contain domestic monetary expansion. At the same time it is intervening in foreign exchange markets. With ...

    • When will formality become the norm? 

      D'Souza, Errol (Springer India, 2015)
      An enterprise is not inherently formal or informal with regard to its characteristics (such as size, among other things) or the nature of employment. Informality is a choice in relation to regulation by the State. In order ...