The afterlife of industrial work: Urban-to-rural labour transitions from the factory to the informal economy

Alessandra Mezzadri and Kaustav Banerjee

No wp-2021-158, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has escalated processes of labour transition from industrial work to the informal economy, which have always characterized the life of the working poor. Exploring urban-to-rural labour transitions through a feminist political economy lens and adopting a life-cycle approach to labour and social reproduction, this paper analyses the post-industrial livelihoods and experiences of former Indian garment workers leaving the National Capital Region and moving back to Bihar.

Keywords: Feminist economics; Political economy; Social reproduction; Informal sector; Labour dynamics; Livelihoods; Life cycle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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