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 …

unique survey of 618 firms in three of the largest cities in the state of Madhya Pradesh (India)?Bhopal, Indore, and Gwalior … employment in urban India is amenable to policy intervention, and that it is not necessary to wait for culture to change …

as investment in Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highways, trade liberalization and domestic reforms that India undertook since …

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 … misclassification of urban areas as rural, as a result of household surveys lagging behind India?s rapid urbanization process. The …

Female labor force participation rates in urban India between 1987 and 2011 are surprisingly low and have stagnated …

pooled individual-level data for India, the paper compares the age structure and anemia status of women by the sex of their …

mandated political representation reform for women in India, the study finds that the length of exposure to women politicians … labor market opportunities for women, potentially helping to stem India's declining female labor force participation rate …

children across districts within India. Soil texture varies exogenously and determines the depth of land tillage. Deep tillage …

rural areas of Northern India. The program has four streams of activity in micro-savings, agricultural enterprise training …