This study analyses employment transitions of working-age women in India. The puzzling issue of low labour force … entry and exit in this context. Using a nationally representative panel dataset, we show that women are not only … corrects for selection bias due to initial employment and panel attrition, to investigate the determinants of women's entry …

, Vietnam, and Tanzania). Overall, the economic, social, and institutional constraints that shape women's labor force …We investigate the micro-level determinants of labor force participation of urban married women in eight low- and … middle-income economies: Bolivia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Jordan, South Africa, Tanzania, and Vietnam. In order to …

This paper investigates gender-based segregation across different fields of study at the post-secondary level of … schooling, and how that affects subsequent labour market outcomes of men and women. Using a nationally representative … longitudinal data-set from India, we provide evidence that there is substantial intra-household gender disparity in the choice of …

We investigate the role of training in reducing the gender wage gap using the UK-BHPS which contains detailed records …. Training is potentially important in compensating for the effects of children, especially for women who left education after …

1987 and 2009. Despite rising growth, fertility decline, and rising wages and education levels, women's labor force …'s education, stigmas against educated women engaging in menial work, and falling selectivity of highly educated women. On the … demand side, employment in sectors appropriate for educated women grew less than the supply of educated workers, leading many …

, especially for women. Women offered training earn 18% more and have a 0.05 higher probability of employment than those not …

leaving high school. There is less evidence that STW programs are particularly beneficial for women in the forgotten half …, although internship/apprenticeship programs do lead to positive earnings effects concentrated among these women …

'Stock estimates' of missing women suggest that the problem is concentrated in South and East Asia and among young … children. In contrast, 'flow estimates' suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger, is as severe among adults as it …

especially for women with more than basic formal education. For those with lower education the welfare programs are shown to have …

economic opportunities. Unit level estimation results confirm that participation of poorly educated women is mainly determined … factors drawing women into the labor force at attractive employment and pay conditions. This affects, by 2004, only a small … minority of India's women. So despite India's economic boom, it appears that for all but the very well educated, labor market …