1. Work and Social Reproduction in Rural India: Lessons from Time-Use Data
- Author:
- Smita Ramnarain, Sirisha Naidu, Anupama Uppal, and Avanti Mukherjee
- Publication Date:
- 01-2021
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Abstract:
- Even as the literature on work in the Global South acknowledges the importance of forms of non-waged work, it has not sufficiently incorporated consideration of the labor of social reproduction. We propose understanding work through four conceptual dyads: waged productive labor, non-waged productive labor, waged reproductive labor, and non-waged reproductive labor. Through an in-depth description of three specific cases from a Time Use Survey we conducted in rural Punjab, India, we argue not only that all four dyads are required to encompass the world of work, but that this more expansive conceptualization can help us produce richer analyses of the intersections of class, caste, and gender.
- Topic:
- Political Economy, Labor Issues, Class, Caste, Gender, and Social Reproduction
- Political Geography:
- South Asia and India