fertility pressures on women, which favored late female marriages already in the pre-industrial era. The resulting family and … household patterns placed women into a better position to struggle for more gender equality during the subsequent transitions …

of service delivery and women's democratic participation. Using survey data from the Sangli district, Maharashtra, we … the democratic participation of the women in the female sarpanch villages, again driven by the impact of female sarpanchs … elected 3 1/2 years before the survey. The democratic participation of women, in turn, affects the availability of services …

This study analyses employment transitions of working-age women in India. The puzzling issue of low labour force … factors in explaining the declining workforce participation of women in India. We also explore other individual and household … participation despite substantial economic growth, strong fertility decline and expanding female education in India has been studied …

The thesis attempts to evaluate three Indian development policies aimed at promoting women and historically … disadvantaged social groups. These policies are: job reservation for women in public workfare programs; women's political …

the long run. Among the many plausible mechanisms through which inequality between men and women affects the aggregate … economy, the role of women for fertility decisions and human capital investments is particularly important. Yet, we believe …

Enhancing women's participation in the labour force has been seen as a way to promote their empowerment which in turn … relationship between women's employment status and domestic violence is less clear-cut. Motivated by this ambiguity, this study … explores the effect of women's employment measured by their participation in paid work outside the home on reported spousal …