-monotonic relationship of women's LFP with their education in developing countries (India) in contrast to the developed economies (United … improve with own education. Our theoretical predictions match the data for India at low levels of women's education but over … division of labor shows that norms can act as a binding constraint, producing much smaller increases in women's labor supply to …

-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 …

in developing economies can signal their wealth, and thereby increase their social status, by withdrawing their women …

The labor market impacts of women’s age at marriage have recently received significant attention from social scientists … marriage affects labor market prospects of women in developing countries. This paper addresses this gap in the existing … literature by providing the first comprehensive assessment of the relationship between women’s age at marriage and own as well as …

The primary goal of this paper is to examine the factors that bear on the greater participation of women in unpaid …-cultural factors strongly affect women’s participation in unpaid work as compared to other economic and non-economic factors. It is … also found that women belonging to rich and affluent households with better education are less likely to participate in …

market participation through gender lens. Results show that women's education has a U-shaped relationship with paid work … therefore suggest that, women need to be educated above secondary level to become visible in the labour market …

We examine the effect of co-residence with fathers- and mothers-in-law on married women's employment in India …-in-law reduces married women's employment by 11-13%, while co-residence with a mother-in-law has no effect. Difference …-in-difference estimates show that married women's employment increases following the death of a co-residing father-in-law, but not mother …

Son preference is widespread in a number of developing countries. Anecdotal evidence suggests that women may contribute …