The reach of fiscal stimulus for urban women informal sector workers in Bengaluru during COVID‑19

Vijayamba, R. (2023) The reach of fiscal stimulus for urban women informal sector workers in Bengaluru during COVID‑19. In: Heterodox Economics and Global Emergencies: Voices from Around the World. Routledge, London, pp. 27-39. ISBN 9781003451990

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has deeply affected the earnings and employment of poor urban women in India. Unlike rural households, poor urban households do not have stocked food supplies, and the burden of providing them falls on the women. This study aims to understand the availability of food and financial security to urban female informal workers during the pandemic. The Periodic Labor Force Survey of 2017–18 is used to understand the characteristics of urban female employment in Karnataka. The study used a purposive sampling method and interviewed urban female informal workers (garment workers, construction workers, and domestic helpers) in Bengaluru. The findings reveal that the food and financial stimulus offered by the State is highly inadequate for the urban women workers in this study. The alienation from their hometowns and lack of support from the neighborhood community make it difficult to sustain during this phase. The study argues the need for a gendered and urban-specific policy during this time.

Item Type:	Book Section
Authors:	Vijayamba, R.
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID Agunsoye, Ariane UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Dassler, Thoralf UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Fotopoulou, Eurydice UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Mulberg, Jonathan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Social sciences Social sciences > Economics Social sciences > Economics > Labor economics
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru
Full Text Status:	None
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/6857
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003451990-4

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