, external validity, and test-retest reliability. The survey shows that the great majority of men and women favor women's labor … force participation, although support falls under specific scenarios. Most non-working women would like a job. Among married … women, the strongest correlates of working are the woman's expectations of her husband's views and the husband's personal …

, stereotypes, and the unequal distribution of housework and childcare responsibilities persist. Lifetime events such as marriage … and parenthood bring substantial changes in time use among women and men. This paper updates and reinforces the findings … that women specialize in unpaid domestic and care work and men specialize in market work. The paper employs propensity …

In discussing the inordinately low employment of Indian women in urban areas, several studies have argued that culture … and hard to change and so, women will stay out of the labor market until social change occurs. The empirical evidence on … of culture, as signified by attitudes of employers, and firm characteristics in hiring women. The paper is based on a …

Despite income growth, fertility decline, and educational expansion, women's labor force participation in rural India … reservation of village leadership for women affected their access to suitable job opportunities, demand for participation in the … reservation affected women's but not men's participation in public works, but also women's participation in labor markets, income …

Improving the livelihoods of poor households and transitioning more women back to the labor force is a major challenge … in South Asia. Self-employment promoted through women's groups has often been cited as a promising intervention towards …, especially for government programs like the National Rural Livelihoods Mission in India. This study aims to provide empirical …