Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; O'Connell, Stephen D. - In: Journal of Development Economics 108 (2014) C, pp. 138-153
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 …