In the past twenty years, India's economy has grown at increasing rates and now belongs to the fastest …-growing economies in the world. This paper examines drivers of female labor force participation in urban India between 1987 and 2004 …, showing a much more nuanced picture of female labor force participation than one might expect. Recent trends in employment and …

Using manufacturing data for India, this paper studies the economic effects of legal amendments on two types of labor … laws: employment protection and labor dispute resolution legislation. We find that laws that increase employment protection … or the cost of labor disputes substantially reduce registered sector employment and output. These laws do no seem to …

exists in India. This paper exploits the institutional features of federally mandated employment quota policy to examine its …The world's biggest and arguably most aggressive form of employment based affirmative action policy for minorities … effect on labor market outcomes of two distinct minority groups. My main finding is that employment quota significantly in …

assume that as competition increases industries adjust their employment to a desired level which is both industry and time … manufacturing is not inefficient in labour use as modest speed of adjustment has led employment size closer to the optimal level. …

(employment), unpaid work (time spent on domestic work) and incomes, this paper examines the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on …, April 2020, saw a large contraction in employment for both men and women, where more men lost jobs in absolute terms …. Employment has recovered by August 2020 for men. However, for women, the likelihood of being employed is 9.5 percentage points …

in Asia. The key contributors to this trend are China and India. Between 2011 and 2019, GDP per capita has surged by 66 … percent in China and 53 percent in India. Forecasts by the OECD predict that between 2030 and 2035, India will overtake China … implications that are associated with the rise of a growing middle class on India's labor market. …

., that women's participation is falling due unavailability of steady gainful employment. The high unemployment rate and … industry-wise composition of total employment provide suggestive evidence that women's participation is falling as women are … likely to be displaced from employment by male workers. We show that women's employment is likely to suffer more than men …

assume that as competition increases industries adjust their employment to a desired level which is both industry and time … manufacturing is not inefficient in labour use as modest speed of adjustment has led employment size closer to the optimal level. …

exists in India. This paper exploits the institutional features of federally mandated employment quota policy to examine its …The world's biggest and arguably most aggressive form of employment based affirmative action policy for minorities … effect on labor market outcomes of two distinct minority groups. My main finding is that employment quota significantly in …

Using manufacturing data for India, this paper studies the economic effects of legal amendments on two types of labor … laws: employment protection and labor dispute resolution legislation. We find that laws that increase employment protection … or the cost of labor disputes substantially reduce registered sector employment and output. These laws do no seem to …