urban informal-sector workers in India. First, we find that men's employment declined by 84 percentage points post …-pandemic relative to pre-pandemic, while their monthly earnings fell by 89 per cent relative to the baseline mean. In contrast, women … husbands. In contrast, staying employed during the pandemic is associated with worse mental health for women and their …

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 …