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Public Investment and Unpaid Work in India: Selective Evidence from Time-Use Data

In: Unpaid Work and the Economy

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  • Lekha S. Chakraborty

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In recent years there has been an increased awareness of the need to lift the veil of statistical invisibility that covers unpaid work. The theory of allocation of time revealed that throughout history the amount of time spent on work in the market economy has never consistently been greater than that spent at nonmarket work and other activities (Becker, 1965). Becker therefore argued that allocation and efficiency of nonmarket working time may be more important to economic welfare than that of market working time, yet the attention paid by the economists to the market economy skews any paid to latter. Time-budget data, in this context, are increasingly becoming important as they capture the burden of unpaid work (in addition to the market economy), which, in turn, has significant macropolicy implications, in particular public investment.

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  • Lekha S. Chakraborty, 2010. "Public Investment and Unpaid Work in India: Selective Evidence from Time-Use Data," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Rania Antonopoulos & Indira Hirway (ed.), Unpaid Work and the Economy, chapter 6, pages 140-162, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-25055-0_6
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230250550_6
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    1. Chakraborty, Lekha S & Singh, Yadawendra, 2018. "Fiscal Policy, as the “Employer of Last Resort”: Impact of Direct fiscal transfer (MGNREGA) on Labour Force Participation Rates in India," MPRA Paper 85225, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Sinha, Aashima & Kumar Sedai, Ashish & Bahadur Rahut, Dil & Sonobe, Tetsushi, 2024. "Well-being costs of unpaid care: Gendered evidence from a contextualized time-use survey in India," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 173(C).
    3. Uma RANI & Damian GRIMSHAW, 2019. "Introduction: What does the future promise for work, employment and society?," International Labour Review, International Labour Organization, vol. 158(4), pages 577-592, December.
    4. Fareena Noor Malhi, 2022. "Going beyond the surface: heterogeneous effect of on-site water access for women," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 39(2), pages 461-491, July.

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