Why are fewer married women joining the work force in India? : a decomposition analysis over two decades
Farzana Afridi (Indian Statistical Institute and IZA), Taryn Dinkelman (Dartmouth College and IZA), Kanika Mahajan (Indian Statistical Institute)
Unlike the global trend, India has witnessed a secular decline in women's employment rates over the past few decades. We use parametric and semi-parametric decomposition techniques to show that changes in individual and household attributes fully account for the fall in women's labor force participation rate in 1987-1999 and account for half of the decline in this rate in 1999-2009. Our findings underscore increasing education levels amongst rural married women and the men in their households as the most prominent attributes contributing to this decline. We provide suggestive evidence that a rise in more educated women's returns to home production, relative to their returns in the labor market, may have adversely affected female labor force participation rates in India.
Year of publication: |
February 2016
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Authors: | Afridi, Farzana ; Dinkelman, Taryn ; Mahajan, Kanika |
Publisher: |
Bonn, Germany : IZA |
Subject: | female labor force participation | decomposition analysis | education | India | Indien | Weibliche Arbeitskräfte | Women workers | Bildungsniveau | Educational achievement | Arbeitsangebot | Labour supply |
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freely available
Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (circa 41 Seiten) Illustrationen |
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Series: | Discussion paper series / IZA. - Bonn : IZA, ZDB-ID 2120053-1. - Vol. no. 9722 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | hdl:10419/141481 [Handle] |
Classification: | J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452233