Labour force participation in India is found to respond to a plurality of causal mechanisms. Employment and unpaid … curve of female employment by education levels. Many women at the bottom of the U are doing extra-domestic work, so a …-domestic work (and are more likely to be `inactive`) than women in other cultural groups. Economic poverty causes employment to be …

employment declined. The latter has raised doubt regarding desirability of policy reforms.This paper provides an explanation of … the employment decline that sheds light on the manner in which product market reforms have impacted upon the labour market. …

I examine recent changes in labour markets and employment practices in Japan. I find little evidence that Japan is …

conclusions of the literature survey are indecisive. Conclusions about the efficacy of worksharing as an employment enhancing … evidence for the proposition that worksharing would promote employment or reduce unemployment. In an appendix we present an …