cultural interaction effects that could explain the decline in rural female LFP. -- labor force ; women ; rural ; India …Between 2004/2005 and 2009/2010 there was a sharp fall in female labor force participation (LFP) in rural India. Why … did this occur? We look at the four standard explanations: that more women in rural areas are now pursuing higher …

There has been a sharp fall in female labour force participation (LFP) in rural India between 2004-05 and 2009 …-2010. Why has this occurred? We look at the four standard explanations put forward for the decline – that more women in rural … incomes are rising fast enough so that there is a tendency of women to withdraw from the labour force to attend domestic …

Between 2004/2005 and 2009/2010 there was a sharp fall in female labor force participation (LFP) in rural India. Why … did this occur? We look at the four standard explanations: that more women in rural areas are now pursuing higher … there is a tendency for women to withdraw from the labor force to attend to domestic duties (income effect), that employment …

Between 2004/2005 and 2009/2010 there was a sharp fall in female labor force participation (LFP) in rural India. Why … did this occur? We look at the four standard explanations: that more women in rural areas are now pursuing higher … there is a tendency for women to withdraw from the labor force to attend to domestic duties (income effect), that employment …

Between 2004/2005 and 2009/2010 there was a sharp fall in female labor force participation (LFP) in rural India. Why … did this occur? We look at the four standard explanations: that more women in rural areas are now pursuing higher … there is a tendency for women to withdraw from the labor force to attend to domestic duties (income effect), that employment …

inequalities in vulnerable employment. Conditional on individual and household characteristics, women are 7 percentage points more … the 1990s, rising levels of female education and rapidly falling fertility have pulled women away from vulnerable …

-age women's labour supply decisions in India, where female labour force participation continues to decline over time. We find … for women aged 20-50, with the effect stronger for urban women. The effect is particularly strong if the pension …, leading to reduced labour supply by the elderly, allowing them to provide greater childcare support. The increase in women …

inequalities in vulnerable employment. Conditional on individual and household characteristics, women are 7 percentage points more … the 1990s, rising levels of female education and rapidly falling fertility have pulled women away from vulnerable …

enterprises in India. Female-owned firms are on average 45 per cent less productive than male-owned firms, with the clearest …