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100 _a Bhattacharya, Soham
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100 _a Narayan, Samhitha
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100 _a2024
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100 _aAgrawal, Nency
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245 0 _aNew Working Poor in Contemporary India: Features of Increased Female Workers
260 _bEconomic and Political Weekly
260 _c2024
300 _a26 - 29
520 _aIn the context of a recent increase of the female workforce participation rate by 14%, this article explains a few features of working women in contemporary India. More specifically, the period under study (2017-23) is marred with economic disruptions due to COVID-19. Amid such economic distress, this article observes FWPR is primarily increasing because of self-employment of women in India. It is observed that a mere representation in the workforce often blurs the gendered, unpaid, and distressed nature of employment for women in India.
650 _a Female Workforce Participation
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650 _a Self-employment for Female
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650 _a Women's Representation
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650 _aWorking Women
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856 _uhttps://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/2024_59/26-27/cmlix2627290624nency-agrawal.pdf
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