Gender difference in labour market stark, finds study
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‘Unemployment of women a pressing problem’
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‘Unemployment of women a pressing problem’
A recent study by the Kochi-based Centre for Socio-Economic and Environmental Studies has revealed strong gender differences in the labour market behaviour of rural youth.
The study conducted in the Maneed panchayat in Ernakulam district through interviews with members of around 644 families just as the COVID-19 lockdown was being imposed in 2020, showed that the proportion of young women (aged 18-40 years) who are employed is less than half of the employed men. The numbers are 33% for women and 70% for men.