Abstract :
The informal sector provides employment opportunity to a large proportion of population in India, still majority of informal workers do not have employment security. Employment security is the protection against loss of employment and the ensured possibility of continuing employment, even though not in the same job. In this paper an attempt was made to assess the demographic composition of informal sector in India and the level of employment security at individual level with the help of empirical evidence from India. The findings suggested that demographic have significant influence on economic security (Duration of current Employment, Expectations to continue current Employment, Perceived security of current employment, Expected time to find alternate employment, Easiness to Obtain alternate employment )of informal sector workers.
Keyword :
Informal sector, Employment security, Demographic composition, and Informal workers