India’s unequal care economy

Sinha, Dipa and Ghosh, Jayati (2026) India’s unequal care economy. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 41 (3-4). pp. 843-854. ISSN 0266-903X

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Abstract

In the context of massive care deficits and inadequate public provision of basic care services in India, there are significant inequalities not only between unpaid and paid care workers, but also among paid care workers, in both wages and conditions of work. The spectrum ranges from unpaid and largely unrecognized work within families and communities, to very underpaid and informal work performed by frontline ‘scheme workers’ in the public sector and domestic workers in the private sector, to more formal employment in public and private hospitals. This in turn affects the quality of care received.

Item Type:	Article
Authors:	Sinha, Dipa and Ghosh, Jayati
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	I11 - Analysis of Health Care MarketsI14 - Health and InequalityI18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public HealthJ3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor CostsJ42 - Monopsony; Segmented Labor Markets
Subjects:	Social sciences > Economics > Labor economics Social sciences > Social problems & services
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > University Publications > Centre for the Study of the Indian Economy (CSIE)
Full Text Status:	None
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7559
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep%2Fgraf041

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