Ashwini Deshpande on Gender and Caste Discrimination and Affirmative Action in India
Ideas of India
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Women's Supply of Labor Has Dried Up, Right?
There are some things that could be done on the margin, even on the demand side, which have to do a little bit with the supply side. For instance, you know, i've seen recentter this is work by ashi sedahis talking about access to indoor piped water or access to electricity. If there isn't piped indoor water, that means your using some strained source of water,. Your kids fall sick more and so employs just oone employ women. But if youare a community that gets indoor pipedWater or gets electrification, then the norm changes because now women take the same number of sicktays as men.
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