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100			_aDasgupta, Purnamita
245			_aFemale labour supply in rural India: an econometric analysis
260			_c2006
300			_ap.293-310.
362			_aApr-Jun
520			_aSeveral studies for developing countries have come up with econometric evidence to indicate that an inverse relationship exists between supply of labour and wage rate at low level of wage, especially for women in rural areas. In this paper, this issue is investigated for rural female labour supply in India using NSS data for 1999-00. The results indicate that supply of female labour from below poverty line households in rural areas is inversely related to wage rate and the number of earning members in the family. This may create difficulties in attaining the objectives of the recent National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and calls for greater attention to the designing of the scheme, particularly the activities in which employment will be provided. - Reproduced.
650			_aWomen workers - India
650			_aLabour supply - India
650			_aLabour supply
700			_aGoldar, Bishwanath
773			_aIndian Journal of Labour Economics
909			_a73303
999			_c73303 _d73303