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Female labor force participation rates in urban India between 1987 and 2011 are surprisingly low and have stagnated since the late 1980s. Despite rising growth, fertility decline, and rising wages and education levels, married women's labor force participation hovered around 18 percent. Analysis...
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Die folgende These evaluiert drei indische Entwicklungspolitiken, dessen Ziel die Förderung von Frauen und historisch benachteiligten sozialen Gruppen ist. Diese drei Konzepte sind: der Vorbehalt für Frauen in öffentlichen Arbeitsprogrammen; politische Repräsentierung von Frauen in den...
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Women's empowerment is increasingly put forth as a mean to promote child development. However, little empirical research has evaluated the pathways of women empowerment leading to it. This paper uses a household survey conducted in Karnataka, South India to explore the impact of female status on...
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This study analyses employment transitions of working-age women in India. The puzzling issue of low labour force participation despite substantial economic growth, strong fertility decline and expanding female education in India has been studied in the recent literature. However, no study so far...
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Reviewing the burgeoning literature on the deep historic roots of gender inequality, we theorize and provide evidence …) various gender-egalitarian outcomes today. The CW-condition is a specific climatic configuration that combines periodically … household patterns placed women into a better position to struggle for more gender equality during the subsequent transitions …
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This study analyses employment transitions of working-age women in India. The puzzling issue of low labour force participation despite substantial economic growth, strong fertility decline and expanding female education in India has been studied in the recent literature. However, no study so far...
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