Towards transformative social protection: A gendered analysis of the employment guarantee act of india (mgnrega)

Gender and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 283-294

  Pellissery, Sony ^a   Jalan, Sumit Kumar ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF RURAL MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Employment guarantee; Gendered productivity; India; Public works; Transformative social protection; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960610133     PISSN: 13552074     EISSN: 13649221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552074.2011.592639     Document Type: Article

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