Falguni Pattanaik
Biographic Data
| ID | 4029583 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Falguni Pattanaik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Falguni |
| FAMILY NAME | Pattanaik |
| SIGNATURE | PATTANAIK F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The self-employment paradox in India
Self-employment accounts for nearly 58% of India’s workforce, yet this expansion has been accompanied by stagnant growth in formal job creation and widening income inequality. Using four rounds of unit-level data from the Employment-Unemployment Survey (2004–2005, 2011–2012) and the Periodic Labour Force Survey (2018–2019, 2023–2024), this study examines the growth and changing composition of non-agricultural self-employment and evaluates its imp…
Unequal health outcomes
India’s non-communicable disease burden has increased rapidly, but chronic conditions remain unevenly distributed across socioeconomic groups. This study examines wealth-related disparities in four major outcomes: anaemia, diabetes, thyroid disorder, and high blood pressure among women aged 15–49 years in six North Indian states: Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, and Rajasthan. Using nationally representative data fro…
Women in the Indian labour market
Determinants of Vocational Education and Training (VET) Participation in India
This study examines the factors influencing participation in Vocational Education and Training (VET) in India, using a multinomial logit model with a focus on interaction effects. Drawing on data from the nationally representative National Sample Survey and Periodic Labour Force Survey, the analysis considers individual characteristics, educational background, household factors and job-related attributes to understand their impact on VET enrolmen…
An Examination of Wage Convergence in the Indian Rural Labour Market
Since economic liberalization, the Indian economy has undergone significant transformation, with rural labour markets experiencing notable shifts in employment patterns and wage dynamics. This study investigates the magnitude of real wage growth and the extent of wage convergence in agricultural and non-agricultural occupations across rural India from 1998–1999 to 2023–2024. Real wage growth is estimated using semilog time regressions, while conv…
Beyond the fields
Purpose Since the post-liberalization era, a noticeable structural change and transition in employment have unfolded within the Indian economy. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to understand employment transition and elucidate the evolving dynamics of rural economies and employment patterns from agriculture to more productive non-agricultural sectors. Additionally, the study investigates the underlying causes of socioeconomic disparities and t…
Work stress, health and wellbeing
Older adults are the most vulnerable group in the labor market, given their physical and functional health risks. Moreover, they are also at a greater risk of psychological factors like work stress due to risk of age, ageism and social well-being. Given these challenges and the growing proportion of older adults in the developing world, this paper studies the theoretical connotation between work stress and health related wellbeing outcomes among …
Revisiting the Shift in Youth Labour Market vis-à-vis the Economic Development in India
The significance of youth in the economic development of a nation is well comprehended, while the role of economic transformation in ensuring a successful School-to-Work transition for the younger generation has remained a solemn challenge, especially for the developing countries. Therefore, the objective of this study is to understand School-to-Work transition among the younger generation, considering key indicators of the Indian labour market d…
Unfolding unpaid domestic work in India
Unpaid domestic work is an important aspect of productive activities and an indispensable factor that contributes to the well-being of household and economy. However, the predominance of women in domestic work and keeping them out of ‘economic activities’ put unpaid domestic work under the shadow of invisibility, outside the production boundaries, and further outside the purview of economic policy. The nature of women’s work has endured substanti…
Unequal Reward for Equal Work? Understanding Women’s Work and Wage Discrimination in India Through the Meniscus of Social Hierarchy
The Indian society is one of the most unequal societies of the world and divided into different social hierarchies of caste, class, religion, etc. Caste is a determinant of power, economic inequality, poverty and discrimination in contemporary India. When it comes to women, they face the dual burden of discrimination, first gender based and, second, caste based. The practice of discrimination persists between Dalit/tribal and upper-class women, b…
Trends and forecasting of employment intensity of growth in India
In the labour surplus Indian economy, growth must ensure high employment. In order to examine how employment has evolved over time with output, this study analyses the trends of employment intensity of growth in India at the aggregate and across broad sectors for the period 1961–2004 and forecasts the same for the future applying the Box-Jenkins ARIMA model. The results indicate that India has been experiencing jobless growth since the 1990s prim…
Unequal Reward for Equal Work? Understanding Women’s Work and Wage Discrimination in India Through the Meniscus of Social Hierarchy
The Indian society is one of the most unequal societies of the world and divided into different social hierarchies of caste, class, religion, etc. Caste is a determinant of power, economic inequality, poverty and discrimination in contemporary India. When it comes to women, they face the dual burden of discrimination, first gender based and, second, caste based. The practice of discrimination persists between Dalit/tribal and upper-class women, b…
Trends and forecasting of employment intensity of growth in India
In the labour surplus Indian economy, growth must ensure high employment. In order to examine how employment has evolved over time with output, this study analyses the trends of employment intensity of growth in India at the aggregate and across broad sectors for the period 1961–2004 and forecasts the same for the future applying the Box-Jenkins ARIMA model. The results indicate that India has been experiencing jobless growth since the 1990s prim…
Unfolding unpaid domestic work in India
Unpaid domestic work is an important aspect of productive activities and an indispensable factor that contributes to the well-being of household and economy. However, the predominance of women in domestic work and keeping them out of ‘economic activities’ put unpaid domestic work under the shadow of invisibility, outside the production boundaries, and further outside the purview of economic policy. The nature of women’s work has endured substanti…
Unequal Reward for Equal Work? Understanding Women’s Work and Wage Discrimination in India Through the Meniscus of Social Hierarchy
The Indian society is one of the most unequal societies of the world and divided into different social hierarchies of caste, class, religion, etc. Caste is a determinant of power, economic inequality, poverty and discrimination in contemporary India. When it comes to women, they face the dual burden of discrimination, first gender based and, second, caste based. The practice of discrimination persists between Dalit/tribal and upper-class women, b…
Revisiting the Shift in Youth Labour Market vis-à-vis the Economic Development in India
The significance of youth in the economic development of a nation is well comprehended, while the role of economic transformation in ensuring a successful School-to-Work transition for the younger generation has remained a solemn challenge, especially for the developing countries. Therefore, the objective of this study is to understand School-to-Work transition among the younger generation, considering key indicators of the Indian labour market d…
Work stress, health and wellbeing
Older adults are the most vulnerable group in the labor market, given their physical and functional health risks. Moreover, they are also at a greater risk of psychological factors like work stress due to risk of age, ageism and social well-being. Given these challenges and the growing proportion of older adults in the developing world, this paper studies the theoretical connotation between work stress and health related wellbeing outcomes among …
Women in the Indian labour market
Determinants of Vocational Education and Training (VET) Participation in India
This study examines the factors influencing participation in Vocational Education and Training (VET) in India, using a multinomial logit model with a focus on interaction effects. Drawing on data from the nationally representative National Sample Survey and Periodic Labour Force Survey, the analysis considers individual characteristics, educational background, household factors and job-related attributes to understand their impact on VET enrolmen…
An Examination of Wage Convergence in the Indian Rural Labour Market
Since economic liberalization, the Indian economy has undergone significant transformation, with rural labour markets experiencing notable shifts in employment patterns and wage dynamics. This study investigates the magnitude of real wage growth and the extent of wage convergence in agricultural and non-agricultural occupations across rural India from 1998–1999 to 2023–2024. Real wage growth is estimated using semilog time regressions, while conv…
Beyond the fields
Purpose Since the post-liberalization era, a noticeable structural change and transition in employment have unfolded within the Indian economy. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to understand employment transition and elucidate the evolving dynamics of rural economies and employment patterns from agriculture to more productive non-agricultural sectors. Additionally, the study investigates the underlying causes of socioeconomic disparities and t…
The self-employment paradox in India
Self-employment accounts for nearly 58% of India’s workforce, yet this expansion has been accompanied by stagnant growth in formal job creation and widening income inequality. Using four rounds of unit-level data from the Employment-Unemployment Survey (2004–2005, 2011–2012) and the Periodic Labour Force Survey (2018–2019, 2023–2024), this study examines the growth and changing composition of non-agricultural self-employment and evaluates its imp…
Unequal health outcomes
India’s non-communicable disease burden has increased rapidly, but chronic conditions remain unevenly distributed across socioeconomic groups. This study examines wealth-related disparities in four major outcomes: anaemia, diabetes, thyroid disorder, and high blood pressure among women aged 15–49 years in six North Indian states: Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, and Rajasthan. Using nationally representative data fro…
Economics (8 works) · Labour economics (6 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (4 works) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (4 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (3 works) · Inequality (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)