This paper analyses the implications of differing global demographic trends for Indias competitiveness in outsourcing and offshoring. It also briefly notes the implications of differing demographic trends among the Indian states. The paper argues that demographic complementarities with...

This paper is a preliminary exploration of the trends and spatial variation in gender differentials in adult mortality in India, as also of the related rural-urban differentials. We pay particular attention to female mortality in the two prime reproductive age groups 15-29 and 30-44. The data...

Research on women's work has attempted to analyse how the interplay of market and patriarchy leads women and men to perform different economic roles in society. This segregation on the basis of gender or the sex-typing of work plays an important role both from the demand and supply sides in...

The objective of this working paper is to examine the extent of employment oriented migration of females in India and the inter state variations in its magnitude using NSSO 55th Round Household level data on Migration . It is found that though the percentage is very small for employment oriented...