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Title:
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LOW AND DECLINING TRENDS OF FEMALE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION IN RURAL UTTAR PRADESH AND WEST BENGAL

Authors:
Dr. Shilpy Nagalia and Dr. Kakali Barua

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Dr. Shilpy Nagalia1 and Dr. Kakali Barua2
1. Department of Economics, Dayal Singh College, New-Delhi, India
2. Department of Economics, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi, India

MLA 8
Nagalia, Dr. Shilpy, and Dr. Kakali Barua. "A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LOW AND DECLINING TRENDS OF FEMALE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION IN RURAL UTTAR PRADESH AND WEST BENGAL." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 8, no. 4, Apr. 2023, pp. 779-803, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2023.v08i04.017. Accessed Apr. 2023.
APA 6
Nagalia, D., & Barua, D. (2023, April). A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LOW AND DECLINING TRENDS OF FEMALE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION IN RURAL UTTAR PRADESH AND WEST BENGAL. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 8(4), 779-803. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2023.v08i04.017
Chicago
Nagalia, Dr. Shilpy, and Dr. Kakali Barua. "A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LOW AND DECLINING TRENDS OF FEMALE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION IN RURAL UTTAR PRADESH AND WEST BENGAL." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 8, no. 4 (April 2023), 779-803. Accessed April, 2023. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2023.v08i04.017.

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ABSTRACT:
Based on unit-level data of three rounds of the Employment-Unemployment Surveys (68th, 61st and 50th) and two rounds of the Periodic Labour Force (2017-18 and 2018-19) Surveys of the NSS, this paper examines trends in women’s labour force and work force in the two Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal since 1993-94. A comparative analysis of women’s participation in the labour markets of the two Indian states shows the significance of occupational diversification in explaining the varying trends in the pattern of female employment. It explores the relevance of the nature of female employment in understanding the sustainability of such employment pattern as exists over time. Our paper highlights the extreme vulnerability attached to the self-employed status of women, be it in farm or non-farm work that women in rural U.P. and W.B. engage in and urges on the importance of publicly sponsored employment generation programmes like MNREGA as a viable alternative employment option, especially for women in rural areas. Given the abysmally low levels of participation of women in the labour markets of both U.P. and W.B., does the explanation lie in economic factors such as lack of jobs alone or do gender biased cultural norms also play a role? Our analysis suggests that it is a combination of both these factors to which a low and declining women’s participation in labour markets must be attributed to.

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