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MGSE-009: GENDER ISSUES IN WORK, EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA)
Course Code: MGSE-009
Assignment Code: MGSE-009/AST-01/TMA/2023-24
Maximum Marks: 100
Section A
Note: Write short notes on the following in 200 words each. Each question carries 10 marks.
1. What is the concept of work? Define unpaid work. Discuss the way to measure unpaid work. What are
the reasons for the undervaluation or under-enumeration of women’s work?
2. Discuss the role played by the Trade Union to address the issues of women workers by drawing
examples from India.
3. Provide a comprehensive picture of establishing shelters for domestic workers and waste pickers as
part of the social security measures for the workers in the informal economy of urban India.
4. Does social protection bring gender equity and equality? Discuss.
SECTION B
Note: Answer any TWO of the questions given below in 1000 words each. Each question carries 30
marks.
5. Explain Becker’s “Rational choices within families” and Hakim’s “Preference theories” in details.
6. Define the care economy. Discuss the role of the care economy in the national economy in the era of a
globalized economy in developing nations.
7. Explain theories related to wage exploitation in detail.
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