COVID-19 and women's labour crisis

Mitra, Sona and Sinha, Dipa COVID-19 and women's labour crisis. [Publications (Pre-joining)]

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic in India has had an unequal impact on women in a number of ways. In terms of economic opportunity, it has been seen that more women lost jobs compared to men and fewer have been able to rejoin labour force. This is in the context of gendered labour markets where female labour force participation has been low and declining. This paper presents an analysis of the situation of women’s employment pre-lockdown and some indications on what the impact of COVID-19 could be, based on microstudies and other literature available. Further, the adequacy of the social protection and employment generation programmes of the government that are specifically aimed at improving female labour force participation is assessed.

Item Type:	Publications (Pre-joining)
Authors:	Mitra, Sona and Sinha, Dipa
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Labour crisis, Labour economics
Subjects:	Social sciences Social sciences > Economics Social sciences > Economics > Labor economics
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > University Publications > Centre for the Study of the Indian Economy (CSIE)
Full Text Status:	Public
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URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/6658
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