Status, caste, and the time allocation of women in rural India

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 311-333

  Eswaran, Mukesh ^a   Ramaswami, Bharat ^b   Wadhwa, Wilima ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTE SYSTEM; DEVELOPING WORLD; LABOR MARKET; MOBILITY; POVERTY; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TIME ALLOCATION; WOMENS STATUS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

INDIA;

EID: 84872295824     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668282     Document Type: Article

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