WOMEN AND LABOUR MARKET DYNAMICS IBD

Sinopsis

This book addresses womenâÇÖs changing role in and contributions to the Indian labour market. It explores how feminist theories and frameworks have changed over time and gradually been supplanted by new ones. The book explores the structural shift in womenâÇÖs employment from farm to non-farm jobs in services and industries, both theoretically and empirically. Further, it examines the steady rise of women in high skilled or âÇÖnew economyâÇÖ sectors like information and communication technology, electronics and telecom, and in low skilled work such as domestic work, particularly in urban areas. It also scrutinizes how emerging sectors of the economy are experimenting with new forms of employment by changing the temporal (part-time work, flexible hours), spatial (location of work) and contractual (temporary contracts) dimensions. Beyond analysing the above-mentioned aspects, the book discusses perennial challenges such as patriarchy, socio-cultural norms and gender-based labour market inequalities across occupations as a âÇÖglass ceilingâÇÖ or âÇÖsticky floorâÇÖ. One of the bookâÇÖs most important contributions is inclusion ofádetailed labour market statistics for women, with long-term trends and patterns, as well as comparisons with other countries and regions. In closing, the book highlights womenâÇÖs participation in economic and non-economic activities and related quantification issues, i.e. the invisibility of womenâÇÖs work, which remains a highly contentious aspect. Given its content, the book offers a valuable asset for a broad readership including academics, NGOs, and policymakers.á'The subject of low work participation rates for women has been of concern to economists,ágender specialists and policy makers for decades. This book makes an important contributionáin understanding the role of women in development and identiï¬ües some new policyádirections that could be initiated to facilitate greater employment of women.'-ááááááááá Rohini Nayyar, Former Principal Adviser, Yojana Aayog, Government of Indiaá'This book is timely and extremely relevant to the academic and policy debates in India.áGiven the puzzle of low and declining female labour force participation, it is critical to focusáon where women work, beyond a supply-side perspective. In addition, efforts are needed toábetter measure womenâÇÖs work, which is typically underreported. In both these dimensions,áthis book makes an important contribution, which will be valuable for both academics andápolicymakers.'-ááááááááá Sher Verick, Employment Policy and Analysis Programme (EPAP) of the International Training Centre (ITC), International Labour Organizationá'This book critically examines both theoretically and empirically the dynamics of changes ináwomenâÇÖs participation in and contribution to the fast-transforming Indian labour market. Theáaspects covered include the essential issue of how the new forms of employment areáimpacting temporal, spatial and contractual dimensions. An exc