The central idea of this paper is to explore link between socio-economic positions of women working in unorganized … sector with special reference to beedi rolling. In India Beedi making is an age old industry and one of the largest job … providers for women in the unorganized sector. Women are having inherent advantage in this job in this job of beedi rolling due …

In this paper, we make an attempt to understand whether low labour market returns to education in India are responsible … level data of India for the year 2011–12 is used to examine the relationship between educational attainment and labour … market participation through gender lens. Results show that women's education has a U-shaped relationship with paid work …

from India, we find evidence of positive effects of women’s age at marriage on their own and their spouses’ labor market …The labor market impacts of women’s age at marriage have recently received significant attention from social scientists … marriage affects labor market prospects of women in developing countries. This paper addresses this gap in the existing …