Jeemol Unni
Biographic Data
| ID | 1399137 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeemol Unni |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeemol |
| FAMILY NAME | Unni |
| SIGNATURE | UNNI J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Gujarat Institute of Development Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0391-7781 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
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Markets and Spillover Effects of Political Institutions in Promoting Women’s Empowerment
This study presents fresh evidence that market interventions aimed at empowering women are more effective in the presence of formal political institutions, using the case of political reservations for women in Indian local governments. It uses data from 2,423 households in 100 Indian villages and accounts for endogeneity through the instrumental variable method to investigate women engaged in the Indian dairy sector following the implementation o…
Universal Basic Income
Economic Empowerment of Women
This document presents a two page overview of UN Women's work on economic empowerment: "Many international commitments support women's economic empowerment, including the Beijing Platform for Action, [CEDAW] and a series of [ILO] conventions on gender equality. UN Women supports women's economic empowerment in line with these, and with the growing body of evidence that shows that gender equality significantly contributes to advancing economies an…
Do Economic Reforms InfluenceHome-Based Work? Evidence from India
This paper analyzes the factors that influence the conditions under which a woman in India participates as a home-based worker using secondary level data at the micro level. At the macro level, the paper analyzes whether trade and industrial liberalization in India led to an increase in subcontracted work, of the home-based variety. The results show a historically high share of women in home-based work, which implies that female participation in …
Globalization and Securing Rights for Women Informal Workers in Asia
The major paradigms of the development discourse have recently incorporated the language of rights. To move from the rhetoric of human rights to concretely elaborate the content of rights for informal workers, particularly women, in Asia is the purpose of this paper. Using a rights-based approach to development, the paper takes up the issue of gender-enabling worker rights in the context of developing economies that are increasingly open to exter…
Social Protection for Informal Workers in India
In this article we present a broad definition of social protection to include basic securities, such as income, food, health and shelter, and economic securities including income-generating productive work. A conceptual framework is developed with which to analyse the causes of insecurities of informal workers, identify the core needs of social protection, develop instruments and visualize the institutional mechanisms to address these needs. Furt…
Women and Employment in Rural India
Employment Strategies Adopted in Wage Dependent Households
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Do Economic Reforms InfluenceHome-Based Work? Evidence from India
This paper analyzes the factors that influence the conditions under which a woman in India participates as a home-based worker using secondary level data at the micro level. At the macro level, the paper analyzes whether trade and industrial liberalization in India led to an increase in subcontracted work, of the home-based variety. The results show a historically high share of women in home-based work, which implies that female participation in …
Social Protection for Informal Workers in India
In this article we present a broad definition of social protection to include basic securities, such as income, food, health and shelter, and economic securities including income-generating productive work. A conceptual framework is developed with which to analyse the causes of insecurities of informal workers, identify the core needs of social protection, develop instruments and visualize the institutional mechanisms to address these needs. Furt…
Employment Strategies Adopted in Wage Dependent Households
Women and Employment in Rural India
Social Protection for Informal Workers in India
In this article we present a broad definition of social protection to include basic securities, such as income, food, health and shelter, and economic securities including income-generating productive work. A conceptual framework is developed with which to analyse the causes of insecurities of informal workers, identify the core needs of social protection, develop instruments and visualize the institutional mechanisms to address these needs. Furt…
Globalization and Securing Rights for Women Informal Workers in Asia
The major paradigms of the development discourse have recently incorporated the language of rights. To move from the rhetoric of human rights to concretely elaborate the content of rights for informal workers, particularly women, in Asia is the purpose of this paper. Using a rights-based approach to development, the paper takes up the issue of gender-enabling worker rights in the context of developing economies that are increasingly open to exter…
Do Economic Reforms InfluenceHome-Based Work? Evidence from India
This paper analyzes the factors that influence the conditions under which a woman in India participates as a home-based worker using secondary level data at the micro level. At the macro level, the paper analyzes whether trade and industrial liberalization in India led to an increase in subcontracted work, of the home-based variety. The results show a historically high share of women in home-based work, which implies that female participation in …
Economic Empowerment of Women
This document presents a two page overview of UN Women's work on economic empowerment: "Many international commitments support women's economic empowerment, including the Beijing Platform for Action, [CEDAW] and a series of [ILO] conventions on gender equality. UN Women supports women's economic empowerment in line with these, and with the growing body of evidence that shows that gender equality significantly contributes to advancing economies an…
Universal Basic Income
Markets and Spillover Effects of Political Institutions in Promoting Women’s Empowerment
This study presents fresh evidence that market interventions aimed at empowering women are more effective in the presence of formal political institutions, using the case of political reservations for women in Indian local governments. It uses data from 2,423 households in 100 Indian villages and accounts for endogeneity through the instrumental variable method to investigate women engaged in the Indian dairy sector following the implementation o…
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Economics (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (3 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Economic system (2 works) · Empowerment (2 works)