The objective of this working paper is to examine the extent of employment oriented migration of females in India and … participation of these migrants increases steeply in all the states. Though marriage is identified as the reason for migration they … among the migrants and those who identified themselves as heads. In all the states in South India this percentage is high …

better performing gender. This can lead to further additions to missing women. A correction is proposed to capture this …

in India. The textile industrial growth in Tiruppur is discussed in the context of global diversification of textile …

two is far more complicated for developing countries like India, given the dependence of a large section of the population …

set collected in the Himalayan region of India allows us to deal with the heterogeneity of rural nonfarm activities by …

Research on women's work has attempted to analyse how the interplay of market and patriarchy leads women and men to … important role both from the demand and supply sides in determining the work profiles of women and girl children. The present … downward trend in industrial job opportunities in post independence WB accompanied by large scale immigration of women, men and …

allocation of resources within household tend to move to the disadvantage of women after childbirth. One additional child is … income-pooling hypothesis, and show that women are more risk averse than men. …