Self-Employment, Waged or Unpaid Work: Influences on the Choices of Poor Women

Dimple Tresa Abraham ()
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Dimple Tresa Abraham: Centre for Women’s Development Studies

A chapter in Land, Labour and Livelihoods, 2016, pp 285-307 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter examines the choices of women who are supported with technical and financial resources from the Kudumbashree programme in Kerala to initiate self-employment via group-owned micro-enterprises. The results indicate that while some remain in the group based self-employment, others—both housewives with no prior paid work experience and former wage workers—may be predisposed to drop-out due to enterprise failure. Does the failure of group enterprises constitute a waste of scarce resources? Critics of the programme consider the subsidy provided to the groups as a drain on Government resources as many enterprises are short-lived. However, in the current socioeconomic context and prevailing inequalities therein, the group approach remains relevant for improving women’s participation in economic activities in regions where patriarchal influences remain strong.

Keywords: Total Household Income; Wage Employment; Group Enterprise; Minimum Wage Level; National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40865-1_14

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