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Women’s Work and Public Employment in India

In: Women and Work in India: Challenges, Opportunities and Perspectives for Policy

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  • Dipa Sinha

    (Azim Premji University)

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Public employment is a crucial source of work for women in many countries, and existing research shows a strong link between women’s public sector employment and their broader labour market outcomes. In India—where female labour force participation has historically been low—the public sector plays an increasingly significant role in employing women. However, this feminisation is accompanied by a growing share of irregular, poorly paid, and insecure public jobs, such as community health workers (ASHAs) and para-teachers. This chapter presents a gender-disaggregated analysis of public employment in India using nationally representative survey data from the last three decades. It argues that feminisation is occurring both through rising shares of women and through the shifting nature of public jobs themselves. The quantitative findings are complemented by qualitative interviews from different regions, highlighting conditions of work, women’s preferences for such employment, and the implications for their social and economic status.

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  • Dipa Sinha, 2026. "Women’s Work and Public Employment in India," India Studies in Business and Economics, in: Alakh N. Sharma & Aasha Kapur Mehta & Vandana Upadhyay (ed.), Women and Work in India: Challenges, Opportunities and Perspectives for Policy, chapter 21, pages 487-505, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isbchp:978-981-95-6103-2_21
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-95-6103-2_21
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