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Women Empowerment and Male Worker Migration: The Case of Bihar

Author : Krishna M. Singh, Anjani Kumar | 2013
Published By: Social Science Research Network

Migration of male labour force from Bihar has increased during last two decades which prompted this research on the consequences of efficiency in inputs of agricultural production, livelihood through remittances and also the empowerment of women left behind at place of origin. The paper has noted that the role of women of migrant households changed from unpaid female labour to managers of the household, however, they face problem in management of fund, technology and input-output marketing.

URL : 20131016121711.pdf

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