LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ECONOMICS

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                          EC 2950 – LABOUR ECONOMICS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

(Also equivalent to EC 2900)

 

 

Date & Time : 24-04-2006/9.00-12.00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

PART – A

Answer any FIVE questions in about 75 words each.       (5 ´ 4 = 20 Marks)

1. Distinguish between wage differentials and wage discrimination.
2. Bring out and briefly explain different forms of strike.
3. What do you understand by ‘decasualisation scheme’?
4. Bring out the peculiarities of ‘labour’.
5. Differentiate between arbitration and adjudication.
6. Briefly explain the functions of employment exchanges in India.
7. Distinguish between social assistance and social insurance.

PART – B

Answer any FOUR questions in about 250 words each.   (4 ´ 10 = 40 Marks)

8. Examine Prof. Sashkin’s model of workers participation in management.
9. Suggest remedies for the problem of unemployment in India.
10. Discuss in detail the social security measures in Tamil Nadu.
11. Bring out the importance of Collective Bargaining in industrial disputes.
12. Explain the various steps involved in the selection process of an employee.
13. Bring out the objectives and areas of induction programme.
14. Discuss the Employee State Insurance Act 1948 and its amendments.

PART – C

Answer any TWO questions in about 900 words each.     (2 ´20 = 40 Marks)

15. Examine the Marginal Productivity Theory of Wage.
16. Discuss the economic and non-economic causes of industrial dispute.
17. Explain the Institutional Labour Market Model.
18. Evaluate the objectives and functions of International Labour Organisation.

 

 

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