Episode 07 - Decoding the Data

Women in Labour

Dr. Ashwini Deshpande is a professor of Economics at Ashoka University...and our go-to person to help us make sense of all the data around India's declining Female Labour Force Participation Rate. In this episode of Women in Labour, Dr. Deshpande simplifies some of the jargon to get straight to the heart of the matter—why are women in the country falling out of work? P.S. Watch out for some major truth bombs! With special guest Dr. Ashwini Deshpande: Dr. Ashwini Deshpande is a Professor of Economics at Ashoka University, India. Her Ph.D. and early publications have been on the international debt crisis of the 1980s. Subsequently, she has been working on the economics of discrimination and affirmative action, with a focus on caste and gender in India. She has published extensively in leading scholarly journals and has authored and edited a number of books and monographs. Dr. Deshpande received the EXIM Bank award for outstanding dissertation (now called the IERA Award) in 1994, and the 2007 VKRV Rao Award for Indian economists under 45. MORE TO READ. This 2020 The Wire article by Dr. Deshpande: https://thewire.in/education/virtual-instruction-online-teaching-isolation-covid-19-work-from-home-pedagogy This 2019 The India Forum article by Dr. Deshpande: https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/visible-and-invisible-barriers-women-working-india This 2017 Indian Express article by Dr. Deshpande: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/gender-gap-indian-ranking-in-world-gender-disparity-4962303/ This 2016 Ideas for India piece: https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/social-identity/women-and-the-indian-job-market-glass-ceiling-or-sticky-floor.html This 2015 Ideas for India piece: https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/human-development/adult-education-knowledge-and-confidence.html MORE TO LISTEN TO. Episode 6 of the INTER-LINKED Podcast, featuring Dr. Deshpande: https://nickledanddimed.com/inter-linked-a-global-affairs-podcast/ MORE TO WATCH. This panel on Diversity and Inclusion at Institutes of Higher Education: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff6TAslCBE0 Dr. Deshpande’s interview with the Centre for Sustainable Employment: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGVC424KiQwvLQVJ10w3xLZHl2AKbIf8l Dr. Deshpande at an IGC panel discussion (Dec 2019) on ‘Gender and Labour’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yw1ds7jMIg&list=PLPPPhjBKRX4t4nosXDfTe5vZ5tZg0lLDQ&index=3 A BIG THANKS Women In Labour is generously supported by a grant from the American Center, New Delhi. All opinions, findings, and conclusions are those of Women In Labour and its hosts only — and do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Department of State.