Work participation, gender and economic development: A quantitative anatomy of the Indian scenario

Mathur, Ashok

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“…40,41 The unemployed status of male members can have a direct impact on the family's income and living standards, since in India the male is traditionally the primary earning member of the family. 42,43 This might explain the important role of employment status in determining QoL in amputees, as unemployment may be distressing for an individual and potentially affect his mental functioning, as observed in this study. Asano et al also reported a significant impact of employment on QoL.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 78%

Factors affecting quality of life in lower limb amputees

Sinha

Heuvel²,

Arokiasamy³

2011

Prosthetics &Amp; Orthotics International

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Background: Quality of life (QoL) is increasingly being recognized as an important outcome for rehabilitation programs, and has mainly been used to compare the efficacy of interventions or to compare amputees with other diseased populations. There is relatively a limited number of studies primarily focusing on analyzing the multitude of factors influencing QoL in amputees. Objectives: To identify important background and amputation related factors which affect quality of life (QoL) in lower limb amputees, and to compare QoL profile of amputees' to that of general population. Study design: Cross-sectional. Methods: Lower limb amputees 18 years and above from a rehabilitation centre, a limb-fitting centre and four limb-fitting camps were interviewed (n ¼ 605). Structured questionnaires included patient background and amputation characteristics, and the MOS short-form health survey (SF-36) for assessing QoL. The SF-36 was administered to a general adult population using purposive sampling (n ¼ 184). Results: SF-36 PCS and MCS scores were found to be significantly lower for amputees when compared to those for the general population. In this study, employment status, use of an assistive device, use of a prosthesis, comorbidities, phantomlimb pain and residual stump pain were found to predict both PCS and MCS scores significantly, and explained 47.8% and 29.7% of variance respectively. Age and time since amputation accounted for an additional 3% of variance in PCS scores. Conclusions: The abovementioned factors should be addressed in order to ensure holistic reintegration and participation, and to enable the amputees to regain or maintain QoL. Prospective longitudinal studies are recommended to systematically study the change in QoL over time and to assess its determinants. Clinical relevanceProper appraisal of abovementioned factors in the rehabilitation programme would assist in establishing a treatment protocol, which would adequately address QoL in amputees.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 78%

Factors affecting quality of life in lower limb amputees

Sinha

Heuvel²,

Arokiasamy³

2011

Prosthetics &Amp; Orthotics International

283

231

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“…Female work force participation rate and its determinants have drawn considerable attention in the literature. Among various supply and demand side factors economic growth is seen to have an impact on female work force participation (see Mathur, ; Agarwal, ; Durand, ; Sinha, ): initially it is found to be negative but at higher levels of growth it tends to increase, thus, giving rise to a U‐shaped relationship. Cagatay and Ozler () also suggest the possibility of a U‐shaped relationship between long‐term development and women's share of the labour force.…”

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confidence: 99%

Female Labour Supply in A Developing Economy: A Tale from A Primary Survey

Pradhan

Singh

Mitra

2014

J of Intl Development

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The U-shaped relationship between economic development and female work force participation rate may be explained at the household level in terms of the interaction between social factors and the income of the household. The social attitude and income are likely to be influenced by education, which augments the income on the one hand and on the other shifts women from stigmatised jobs to non-stigmatised jobs and also reduces the adverse social response towards women participation in the labour market. The shift across sectors of employment is also motivated by education, implying positive associations between education and high productivity jobs. Copyright

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“…Once only men begin to reap the benefits of development, the relative value of men and women can be overturned and dowry payments emerge. 29 The female labor force participation rate in the formal sector is approximately 16 percent (see, e.g., Mathur 1994). increased wealth dispersion occurs only among grooms, whereas among brides the situation remains unchanged. This assumption is relaxed in a later section.…”

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Why Dowry Payments Declined with Modernization in Europe but Are Rising in India

Anderson

2003

Journal of Political Economy

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In contrast to most dowry-oriented societies in which payments have declined with modernization, those in India have undergone significant inflation over the last five decades. This paper explains the difference between these two experiences by focusing on the role played by caste. The theoretical model contrasts caste-and non-caste-based societies: in the former, there exists an inherited component to status (caste) that is independent of wealth, and in the latter, wealth is the primary determinant of status. Modernization is assumed to involve two components: increasing average wealth and increasing wealth dispersion within status (or caste) groups. The paper shows that, in castebased societies, the increases in wealth dispersion that accompany modernization necessarily lead to increases in dowry payments, whereas in non-caste-based societies, increased dispersion has no real effect on dowry payments and increasing average wealth causes the payments to decline.

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Work participation, gender and economic development: A quantitative anatomy of the Indian scenario

Cited by 22 publications

References 15 publications

Factors affecting quality of life in lower limb amputees

Factors affecting quality of life in lower limb amputees

Female Labour Supply in A Developing Economy: A Tale from A Primary Survey

Why Dowry Payments Declined with Modernization in Europe but Are Rising in India

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