-monotonic relationship of women's LFP with their education in developing countries (India) in contrast to the developed economies (United … improve with own education. Our theoretical predictions match the data for India at low levels of women's education but over … division of labor shows that norms can act as a binding constraint, producing much smaller increases in women's labor supply to …

While it is well-acknowledged that the gendered division of labor within marriage adversely affects women's allocation … of time to market work, there is less evidence on how extant social norms can influence women's work choices pre … partner selection in India. We find that employed women are 14.5% less likely to receive interest from male suitors relative …

areas in April-August 2020 by 7% overall and by 74% for rural women, over baseline employment rate. These cushioning effects … strengthened as the mobility restrictions eased and were larger for women who were less mobile and less skilled. Our results …