The afterlife of industrial work: Urban-to-rural labour transitions from the factory to the informal economy
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Feminist economics; Political economy; Social reproduction; Informal sector; Labour dynamics; Livelihoods; Life cycle;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-IUE-2021-10-25 (Informal and Underground Economics)
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