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What do India's graduates do?
A higher education is seen as a pathway to better jobs and wages. We examine the work that India's 140 million graduates do, and whether having a higher education is a guarantee of better employment.
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The rise of 'custom tailoring'
One economic activity - tailoring - has come to play a significant role in Indian manufacturing, transforming women's employment in the sector in particular. We look at the growth of this activity, what tailoring work looks like, and what it means for India's manufacturing sector.
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Women in manufacturing
The share of women in manufacturing jobs in India has risen, propelled by the apparel and textile sectors. Yet, women's manufacturing jobs are more precarious and secure jobs are relatively rare.
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Self-employment
The self-employed make up the majority of the Indian workforce. But self-employment plays out in different ways among men and women, and between rural and urban India.
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Why has female labour force participation in India changed?
After being low by global standards for decades, and falling further since the mid 2000s, the share of Indian women who are in the labour force has increased. We examine the parts of the workforce and the economy where these changes have occurred.
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Employment in India
Who is in India’s labour force, who is out of it, what work people in the labour force do, and who is unemployed.
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Women and work in India
Many women are out of India's paid workforce. But they're working - just not in the same ways as men.
