October 18, 2019
The stark reality of self-employment
Most of India’s self-employed are not job creators, contrary to several claims made over the past few years, and have poor earnings.
Anjana Thampi is a researcher at IWWAGE, LEAD at Krea University. She has a PhD from the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her doctoral thesis studies the impact of food transfer schemes in India.