Understanding Women’s Work in India: Introduction to the Volume

Alakh N. Sharma (), Vandana Upadhyay () and Aasha Kapur Mehta ()
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Alakh N. Sharma: Institute for Human Development (IHD)
Vandana Upadhyay: Rajiv Gandhi University, Department of Economics
Aasha Kapur Mehta: Institute for Human Development (IHD), Centre for Gender Studies

Chapter 1 in Women and Work in India: Challenges, Opportunities and Perspectives for Policy, 2026, pp 3-13 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Despite intense debate over more than four decades, women’s work in India continues to show considerable complexity that constrains estimation of the full range of women’s economic activities, unpaid work, care work and time use. The recent surge in FLFPR has led to renewed debates regarding the factors driving this increase. Meanwhile, gender discrimination and unequal outcomes in labour markets persist especially across socioeconomic groups as well as due to care penalties. The changing nature of public employment, relatively high FLFPR among highly educated women, unemployment among young educated women, large gender gaps in NEET rates, gender based precarity of platform work and vulnerability in monopsonistic markets, make it important to revisit emerging issues in the light of both recent and past developments.

Keywords: Heterogeneity of India’s labour market; Continuing debates in measuring women’s work; Female labour force participation rate (FLFPR); Valuation of unpaid work and care work; Gender gaps in labour markets; Inclusion of women in the labour market; New opportunities; Complexities and risks in the labour market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-95-6103-2_1

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