Anempirical Study on Women's Life Balance: A Case Study on IT Sectors of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar Regions
Abstract
The post-liberalization value chain, which extended from a big shop to a home maker, had no impact on employment trends and patterns in both the formal and informal sectors. The importance of home-based labor has expanded, particularly for the manufacturing sector, as the informal sector has emerged as a major employer and has been able to absorb the majority of the additional labor brought about by urbanization and migration. In the industrial sector, where the growth of the informal sector is closely linked to that of the formal sector, an examination of the patterns and trends in the macrostructure of India's informal sector indicates dynamism at the micro level. Micro and macro linkages have resulted in a dynamic development at both the formal and informal (sector and worker level).
It is expected that the growth, earnings, productivity, and meaningful employment in the informal sector have resulted from the connections and high level of interdependence between the two. A segment of the competitive informal economy has changed somewhat from its traditional forms to its modern ones. To gain a deeper understanding of the interaction between the informal and formal sectors, the research looks at trends. and patterns in employment, productivity, and contribution. At the micro level, the quantitative and qualitative features of these relationships are examined through the use of primary data collected for home-based workers connected to Delhi's garment sector.
The changes in employment, productivity, skill development, and the socioeconomic profile of home-based, informal workers in terms of wages, quality of work, living and working conditions, profitability, and contractual agreements are examined in the context of subcontracting relationships between informal apparel manufacturing units and the formal sector. The ultimate objective of this research is to identify the critical components that enable them tocompete,whichwillresultinmorejobprospectsforremoteworkerswhenthey transition into a more formal environment. An assessment of institutional and policy options has been carried out, and recommendations for their integration have been made, to facilitate the transition of home-based workers into formal settings.
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