The paper deals with different aspects of female employment and compares the pre– and post- reforms situation. It looks at the structure of sectoral output and productivity differentials between the broad sectors to contextualize women's employment in India. Whether the macro level output...

The present paper explores issues relevant to the livelihoods of rural labour households at the macro level. Technological changes, notably spread of irrigation is crucial for more labour intensive cultivation methods that do not depress labour productivity. Insights gathered from the western...

In the conventional sense, labour comprises population between the ages 15 to 59 years. However a significant segment of the population below 15 years of age too is working. The magnitude of the problem of child labour is difficult to ascertain as data on the extent of child labour is not very...

Recently, the issue of declining female labour force participation in Indian labour market accompanied by its impressive economic growth rate has become an important concern for both policy makers and academicians. Studies on this topic propose some probable reasons for this peculiarity in...