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 …

states and for urban and rural India (NFHS-2, 1998/9), we select our sample drawing information from the household data set … stay home and send her children to school the better is the father's employment position and the wealthier is the family …

other states in India. It then performs a regression exercise using a panel data of Indian states to identify the correlates …

importance of the potential pathways linking childhood homelessness to adult employment. We use novel panel data that link survey … and men's employment, however, childhood homelessness continues to have a substantial direct effect on male employment …

education. Accounting for non-employment risk leads to substantial changes in returns while wage risk has little impact. The … to employment has large effects for females. The results suggest that failure to account for risk and selection in to … employment when calculating returns to education leads to biased estimates. …

levels and see their participation and employment probability as adults enhanced. We show that the estimated genuine impact … of attaining an academic qualification on participation and employment is always statistically significant, in particular …