EMERGENT GENDER RELATIONS IN FEMALE EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THE SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN RURAL INDIA

Sanghamitra Kanjilal-Bhaduri ()
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Sanghamitra Kanjilal-Bhaduri: University of Calcutta

Annals of Spiru Haret University, Economic Series, 2017, vol. 17, issue 2, 75-102

Abstract: The paper has presented an empirical picture of inequalities, both within and outside the labour market for women, from gender relations emerging within the framework of overlapping social stratification in rural India. Analysis is based on secondary data, where the emphasis is not only on measurement of quantitative variables, but also on the interactions between various qualitative, socio-economic and socio-cultural variables. The main finding of the present study is that the participation of women in labour force varies across economic classes, social groups, religions, regions and the rural urban divide. Factors determining labour supply decisions of women are different from those of men. Interconnectedness of female employment with other social parameters, which are outside the realm of the standard labour market analysis, gets highlighted in the study.

Keywords: gender relation; female labour force/work force participation; social hierarchy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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