Women and Work in India: Challenges, Opportunities and Perspectives for Policy

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part 1: Measuring Women's Work.- Chapter 2: Measurement Issues in Estimating Female WPR and in Valuing Their Unpaid Domestic and Caregiving Services.- Chapter 3: Rectifying the invisibility of women’s work: Evidence from a few villages and slums.- Part 2: Trends and Patterns in Employment and Work.- Chapter 4: Women's Employment in India: Emerging Issues, Challenges and Opportunities.- Chapter 5: Women’s self-employment in India: Exploring the significance of demand-side opportunities.- Chapter 6: Enhancking Work Participation for Women in Urban India: Insights from a Public Perception Survey.- Chapter 7: Female workforce participation in India: How to step it up and increase their employment in non-agricultural activities.- Part 3: Time Use Studies and Special Geographies.- Chapter 8: Exploring Women's Work in Haryana: Conceptual and Methodological Learnings.- Chapter 9: Gender and Work in Mountain Economies: Results From a Time Use Survery From Across Twelve Himalayan States.- Chapter 10: Capitalist Transition and Gendered Labour: Insights From Hill Economies of Northeast India.- Chapter 11: Time Use Surveys and Women's Work: How Successful Indian TUSs are in Measuring Wormes's Work.- Part 4: Discrimination and Inequality.- Chapter 12: Gender Discrimination in Employment in Indian Labour Market: Decomposition by Castes and Religion.- Chapter 13: Caste-based Differences in Women’s Employment: Continuity and Change.- Chapter 14: Gender discrimination in wages and employment in India: The care penalty.- Chapter 15: Rethinking the Gender Gap: Gender Inequality and Monopsony Capitalism.- Part 5: Education and Employment.- Chapter 16: Gender Differences in Returns to Education Mismatch: Evidence from Urban Labour Market in India.- Chapter 17: NEET and the Gendered Labour Market Exclusion of Youth.- Chapter 18: Low female work participation and economic growth penalty in India.- Part 6: Child Care and Platform Work.- Chapter 19: Balancing Universal and Contextual Childcare Needs Envisioning Gender Responsive Models Beyond “One-Size Fits All”.- Chapter 20: Bridging the Gap: Policy Strategies and Interventions for Women Platform Workers in India.- Part 7: Policy Perspectives.- Chapter 21: Women's Work and Public Employment in India.- Chapter 22: Ensuring Social Protection for Women Workers in India: Policy Perspective and Way Forward.- Chapter 23: Poverty, Women and Capability: A Study of the Impact of Kerala’s Kudumbashree System.- Chapter 24: Conclusion and Policy Recommendations.

• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.01.2026
• Autor/Autorin: Alakh N. Sharma
• Reihe: Economics and Finance (R0)
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