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MNREGA funds allocation: Honouring the work-on-demand guarantee
The Centre has sought an additional Rs. 25,000 crore as funding for MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act). Based on simple calculations using official data, Ashwini Kulkarni ...
- Ashwini Kulkarni
- 15 December, 2021
- Perspectives
Urbanisation, gender, and social change: Intra-marital hierarchies and perceptions about working mothers
Women in India spend thrice as much time doing unpaid domestic work compared to the men in their household, and twice as much time on care-giving activities for children and dependent adults. Based on...
- Shubhangi Karia Tanvi Mehta
- 09 December, 2021
- Articles
Urbanisation, gender, and social change: Women’s mobility in north India
Although India has experienced structural and social changes that promote gender equality in many respects, women’s physical mobility remains very low. Analysing primary data from three urban clusters...
- Vidisha Mehta Harish Sai
- 08 December, 2021
- Articles
Urbanisation, gender, and social change: Do working women enjoy more agency?
Women’s limited work participation in India is not only of economic significance, but also has ramifications for their well-being and societal status. Based on a household survey in four north Indian ...
- Megan Maxwell Milan Vaishnav
- 07 December, 2021
- Articles
Urbanisation, gender, and social change: Why is female labour force participation so low in India?
India’s low female labour force participation is a complex social phenomenon, resulting from – among other things – patriarchal norms, rural-urban transitions, and a mismatch of supply and demand fact...
- Deepaboli Chatterjee Neelanjan Sircar
- 06 December, 2021
- Articles
Introduction to e-Symposium: Urbanisation, gender, and social change in north India
Urbanisation in India is reshaping established social and economic patterns of behaviour, in ways that scholars are yet to fully comprehend. India’s rapid urbanisation invites several pressing questio...
- Devesh Kapur Neelanjan Sircar Milan Vaishnav
- 06 December, 2021
- Symposium
Covid-19: Impact on migrant workers in Bihar
The nationwide lockdown – imposed in March 2020 to contain the spread of Covid-19 – left large sections of migrant workers in a precarious position, with livelihoods lost, and no means of public trans...
- Gaurav Datt Swati Dutta Sunil Kumar Mishra
- 27 October, 2021
- Notes from the Field
Inequality, labour market trends, and the welfare State
All around the world, rising levels of inequality – particularly in the last 3-4 decades – have been recognised as a major issue. In this context, David Green (University of British Columbia) and Pari...
- Parikshit Ghosh David Green
- 14 October, 2021
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Alleviating financial concerns to enhance worker productivity
Financial constraints can have psychological consequences and affect productivity by making workers more distracted during work. Based on an experiment among small-scale manufacturing workers in Odish...
- Supreet Kaur Sendhil Mullainathan Suanna Oh Frank Schilbach
- 29 September, 2021
- Articles
Do quotas in public sector employment for disadvantaged groups enhance their welfare?
Affirmative action policies remain controversial with many arguing that benefits come at the expense of those excluded, and accrue disproportionately to the elite in disadvantaged groups. Analysing na...
- Nishith Prakash
- 10 September, 2021
- Articles
Is it safe? Threat of sexual violence and women’s decision to work
Despite significant improvements in women's educational attainment and reduced fertility rates, India’s female labour force participation (FLFP) remains among the lowest globally. Using nationally rep...
- Tanika Chakraborty Nafisa Lohawala
- 06 September, 2021
- Articles
Covid-19: Impact on income inequality in India
Even as global inequality was falling, income inequality in India increased during 1990-2019. With the occurrence of Covid-19, the trend of increasing income inequality in the country is expected to n...
- Mrinalini Jha Rahul Lahoti
- 01 September, 2021
- Articles