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100 _aAbraham, Rosa and Arafath, Yasar
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245 _aStructural regression and men’s labour market outcomes in India: Education exit and the rise of unpaid work
260 _aEconomic & Political Weekly
300 _a61(26-27), Jun 27, Jul 4, 2026: p.74-81
520 _aRecent scholarship has interpreted the increase in women’s employment in India since 2017 as reflecting labour market distress and a reversal of structural transformation. While these studies have focused primarily on women, less attention has been paid to corresponding changes among men. Using unit-level data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey between 2017–18 and 2023–24, this paper documents two important shifts in the labour market participation of young men: a decline in educational participation and a rise in unpaid family work among graduates. The findings suggest that recent labour market changes among young men constitute another dimension of India’s ongoing structural regression, reflecting a weakening of the transition from education into remunerative employment.- Reproduced https://www.epw.in/journal/2026/26-27/special-articles/structural-regression-and-mens-labour-market.html
773 _aEconomic & Political Weekly
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