Gender issues in social security policy of developing countries: Lessons from the Kerala experience

Shoba Arun and T.G. Arun

International Social Security Review, 2001, vol. 54, issue 4, 93-110

Abstract: This paper is based on the premise that labour market conditions are critical in shaping access to social security benefits. Women's entitlement to long‐term social security is in many respects different from that of men on account of the assumptions which pervade the system about gender roles, labour market conditions, and outcomes. The Indian state of Kerala has made great strides in formulating various schemes for workers in the informal sector, but gender concerns in social security are in want of attention in the light of demographic pressures, fiscal constraints and changes in the global economy.

Date: 2001
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