Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics

Sapana Ngangbam ¹, Laishram Ladusingh ¹

Affiliations
1 International Institute for Population Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai 400088, Maharashtra, IN

Abstract

This paper attempts to shed light on the bearing of education and fertility on income of women in northeast India. Econometric analysis indicates that high literacy rate is giving dividend in terms of higher work participation rate and higher income with greater educational attainment compared with women with low educational attainment. The study finds a threshold limit of two children for the optimum income of women as annual income tends to decline for women with three or more children. This result though applicable to states in NE India, there exist inter-state variation in women's income.

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Sangram Kishor Patel ¹, Laishram Ladusingh ²

Affiliations
1 International Institute of Health Management Research, Plot No. 3, Phase-II, Sector-18A, Dwarka, New Delhi 110075, IN
2 Department of Mathematical Demography and Statistics, International Institute for Population Sciences, Govandi Station Road, Deonar, Mumbai 400088, IN

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This paper tries to study the impact in terms of loss and change of work as a result of onset of disability among working adult population of 15 to 60 years in India. Adjusted values reveal that around 40 per cent people have lost their work while only 18 per cent are able to change their work on the onset of disability. Persons having mental, visual and multiple disabilities as well as those who are severely disabled have higher chances of losing their work. We recommend to save the disabled persons from the economic distress by provision of alteration of work or given more breaks in job. There is also a need for a national network of vocational training centres for imparting knowledge and skill which will help them to remain economically active after the onset of disability also.

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