alienability, and identifies the possibility of a reverse structural change where the share of nonagricultural employment declines … on manufacturing and services employment, rural wages, and per capita household consumption. The evidence on the … disaggregated occupational choices suggests that land restrictions increase wage employment in agriculture, but reduce it in …

. Building on this exercise, the study provides new insights into the development of labor markets in a particularly turbulent …

with its level of economic development. A possible explanation is that these countries find themselves at the turning point … explanation behind these findings may be economic and cultural. Jobless growth and the lack of growth in employment sectors such … as manufacturing and services, which proved critical for female employment in other countries, weaken labor demand and …

, the determinants and dynamics of individuals' participation in off-farm employment activities have not received adequate … individual-level off-farm (wage and self) employment participation rates; analyzes the extent and drivers of entry into off …-farm employment and continued employment; and conducts the analysis by gender and rural/urban location. A significant share of the …

participation in India; (ii) estimates the extent of the recent decline in female labor force participation; and (iii) examines and …-12. Approximately 53 percent of this drop occurred in rural India, among those ages 15 to 24 years. Factors such as educational … should center on promoting the acceptability of female employment and investing in growing economic sectors that are more …

The recent decline in India?s rural female labor force participation is generally attributed to higher rural incomes in … lower, this alleged income effect does not bode well for the empowerment of women as India develops. This paper argues that … period is the collapse in the number of farming jobs without a parallel emergence of other employment opportunities …

Female labor force participation rates in urban India between 1987 and 2011 are surprisingly low and have stagnated … that draw in female workers have expanded least, so that changes in the sectoral structure of employment alone would have …

shifts in employment shares for future growth and development in Africa south of the Sahara …Data from the Groningen Growth and Development Center's Africa Sector Database and the Demographic and Health Surveys … moved from low productivity agriculture to higher productivity services and manufacturing. Although the employment share in …

censuses and surveys from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka to compare employment trends …This paper studies employment patterns and trends in South Asia to shed light on determinants of extremely low female … employment rates in the region. After a comprehensive literature review, the authors use employment data from about one hundred …