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Work And Economic Life

Karnataka Board · Class 10 · Social Science

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Key Topics to Revise

1

Understanding Labour and Work

  • Labour is any act performed to achieve a particular goal with economic or material benefit
  • Labour involves effort, external purpose, and fulfillment of basic life requirements
  • Work varies from society to society and changes over time
2

Division of Labour and Class Formation

  • Division of labour means work distribution based on interests, abilities, age, expertise, skills and gender
  • Creates specialization - achieving expertise and skill in particular fields
  • Leads to economic stratification and class system formation
3

Labour Discrimination

  • Labour discrimination means inequality at work and in wages
  • Men typically get better jobs, higher responsibilities and remuneration than women
  • Discrimination is rare in government sector but common in unorganized sector
4

Unemployment - Causes, Effects and Solutions

  • Unemployment means inability to get work despite having proper age, ability and interest
  • Major causes: overpopulation, mechanization, excessive division of labour, social inequality, insufficient capital, illiteracy
  • Effects: poverty, ill-health, crimes, corruption, family disintegration, cheating, robbery, prostitution

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The practice of dividing work amongPaid work provides wagesUnequal treatment in work opportunitiesThe inability to find work despiteWorkers in sectors governed by specific

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