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How have hired workers fared? : a case study of women workers from an Indian village, 1977 to 1999

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posted on 2024-09-05, 23:13 authored by V. K. Ramachandran, Madhura Swaminathan, Vikas Rawal
This paper examines certain aspects of employment among women workers in hired labour households, drawing on two surveys of Gokilapuram, a village in south-west Tamil Nadu, India, conducted in 1977 and 1999. The study finds that, first, work participation rates among women were high. Secondly, a woman was able to gain employment in 1999, on average, for only about six months a year. Thirdly, there was a distinct shift between 1977 and 1999 in the composition of total employment available to women Fourthly, while the real wage rate for women at cash-paid, daily-rated crop operations rose significantly between 1977 and 1999, the gender gap in wages widened. JEL Classification: J2, J3, J11 Key words: women, agriculture, wages, work participation rate, Asia, India

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Ramachandran, V.K., Madhura Swaminathan & Vikas Rawal (2001) How have hired workers fared? : a case study of women workers from an Indian village, 1977 to 1999. CDS working papers, no.323. Trivandrum: CDS.

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