How have hired workers fared? A case study of women workers from an Indian village, 1977 to 1999

V.K. Ramachandran (), Madhura Swaminathan and Vikas Rawal
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V.K. Ramachandran: Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta

Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum Working Papers from Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum, India

Abstract: This paper examines certain aspects of employment among women workers in hired labour households, drawing on two surveys of Gokilapuram, a village in south-west Tamil Nadu, India, conducted in 1977 and 1999. The study finds that, first, work participation rates among women were high. Secondly, a woman was able to gain employment in 1999, on average, for only about six months a year. Thirdly, there was a distinct shift between 1977 and 1999 in the composition of total employment available to women Fourthly, while the real wage rate for women at cash-paid, daily-rated crop operations rose significantly between 1977 and 1999, the gender gap in wages widened.

Keywords: women; agriculture; wages; work participation rate; Asia; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J11 J2 J3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 52 pages
Date: 2001-12
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