(UNI SPECIAL)Yugandhara Barve and Atyaki DasguptaNew Delhi, April 13 -- The increase in women's participation in labour force is generally celebrated as an umbrella statement. According to the periodic labour force survey (PLFS) report, the labour force participation rate for urban women has increased from 22 to 22.2 per cent, and their worker population ratio has increased from 20.5 to 20.7 per cent.
However, these statistics often do not delve into the depth of how these numbers change across caste.
Studies have previously shown how caste acts as an important pre-market, social identity that impacts labour market outcomes of the workers. Since identities of caste have historically arisen through the division of labour, these outcomes ca...