The Poor in the Indian Labour Force in the 1990s

Krishnamurthy Sundaram (sundaram@econdse.org) and Suresh D. Tendulkar
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Suresh D. Tendulkar: Delhi School of Economics

No 128, Working papers from Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics

Abstract: Comparable all-India estimates of the number of workers and unemployed in 'below-poverty-line' households - together defining the poor in the Indian labour force - are presented for 1993-94 and 1999-2000. Also presented is the gender, activity-status and the rural-urban composition of this group for the two time points. From a level of 115 million (43 million females and 21 million urban) the number of working poor declined by a little over 12 million - almost entirely in rural India - over the six-year period. Over 51 (36) percent of the rural (urban) working poor were engaged in unskilled mannual labour with a further 46 percent (44 percent in urban India) being absorbed by low-productivity self-employment.

Keywords: India; Working Poor; Poor in Labour Force. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I32 J21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2004-09
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