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Social Protection Policies and Women’s Employment During COVID-19

In: Contextualizing the COVID Pandemic in India

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  • Nikita Sangwan

    (Indian Statistical Institute)

  • Swati Sharma

    (Indian Institute of Technology)

Abstract

India imposed one of the strictest lockdowns to contain COVID-19, this brought all non-essential economic activities to a standstill. This was an unprecedented economic and health shock that affected the entire population, but the worst affected were the informal migrant workers who lived hand to mouth. Millions of them fled back to their native places seeking refuge from the economic uncertainties created by the sudden lockdown. However, this reverse migration resulted in an increased burden on rural economies in multiple ways. This chapter discusses the role played by rural social protection policies, particularly the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA), in easing the burden on the labor market, with a focus on the provisions of these schemes on female labor force participation.

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  • Nikita Sangwan & Swati Sharma, 2023. "Social Protection Policies and Women’s Employment During COVID-19," India Studies in Business and Economics, in: Indrani Gupta & Mausumi Das (ed.), Contextualizing the COVID Pandemic in India, chapter 0, pages 127-141, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isbchp:978-981-99-4906-9_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-4906-9_7
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    Keywords

    Covid-19; Rural labor market; Gender; Reverse migration; NREGA; GKRA;
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    JEL classification:

    • J08 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics Policies
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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