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Gendered Labour in India Diversified or Confined? -Tanusree Paul and Saraswati Raju

-Economic and Political Weekly

The processes of economic restructuring during the last two decades have witnessed a massive spurt of opportunities in the labour market which have, withholding the periodic shifts, facilitated women's workforce participation. Although the relationship between economic restructuring and occupational/ industrial diversities is fraught with ambiguities, it may generally be hypothesised that such enhanced openings would contribute towards the reduction in the often observed gendered segregation of labour in industries. Based on the unit level National Sample Survey Office data for various rounds, this study attempts to identify the industries in which women have stereotypically been bunched, and traces whether any changes have come about therein. The study also examines the role of education in diversification of industries in terms of men-women workforce composition. Even as the horizon of the labour market widens, it has not been able to provide women with expanded economic spaces.

Tanusree Paul (paul.tanusree@gmail.com) is a PhD student and Saraswati Raju (saraswati_raju@hotmail.com) teaches at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

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