Managing health issues with low wages – A study of female domestic workers
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Keywords
Female Domestic Workers; Health Vulnerability; socio-demographic; South 24 Parganas;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J46 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Informal Labor Market
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-MIG-2019-05-27 (Economics of Human Migration)
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