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Sex segregation in India's formal manufacturing sector.

Authors :
CHATTOPADHYAY, Molly
CHAKRABORTY, Sonali
ANKER, Richard
Source :
International Labour Review; Mar2013, Vol. 152 Issue 1, p43-58, 16p
Publication Year :
2013

Abstract

. Using an index of dissimilarity based on data from the Annual Survey of Industries for 1989/90 and 2000/01, the authors find that sex segregation across India's so-called factory sector decreased over this period. Most of the apparent improvement, however, was due to changes in the industrial structure of employment, not desegregation per se. The index is also sensitive to the number of industries in the underlying classifications. At the national and state levels, formal job opportunities for women are effectively very limited: they are highly concentrated in a small number of traditional 'women's' manufacturing industries, such as food, tobacco, apparel, weaving and spinning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00207780
Volume :
152
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
International Labour Review
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
86402382
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1564-913X.2013.00168.x