We quantify the link between the timing of state-level implementations of political reservations for women in India … with the role of women in India's manufacturing sector. While overall employment of women in manufacturing does not … increase after the reforms, we find significant evidence that more women-owned establishments were created in the unorganized …

Despite rapid economic growth, gender disparities in women's economic participation have remained deep and persistent … in India. What explains these huge gender disparities? Is it poor infrastructure, limited education, and gender … female entrepreneurs? This paper analyzes the spatial determinants of female entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing …

Despite rapid economic growth, gender disparities in women's economic participation have remained deep and persistent … in India. What explains these huge gender disparities? Is it poor infrastructure, limited education, and gender … female entrepreneurs?This paper analyzes the spatial determinants of female entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing …