transitions, urban women's employment has refused to budge, never crossing the 25 percent mark. This paper fills a critical gap in … policy research on women's employment in India. The discussion is situated in the normative construction of motherhood and … to examine the effects of having a young child on mothers' employment in urban India over 1983-2011. The analysis also …

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 …

's labour force participation is mostly in flexible employment, e.g. self-employment and agricultural and non-agricultural wage … employment, and is particularly evident for poorer households. …

us to analyse the role of Family Planning (FP), reproductive and child care programmes, for the employment probability of …The paper deals with female employment in developing countries. We set out a model to test our argument that, at the … employment. Our results show that the effect of this particular FP intervention has been more effective for women's employment …

us to analyse the role of Family Planning (FP), reproductive and child care programmes, for the employment probability of …The paper deals with female employment in developing countries. We set out a model to test our argument that, at the … employment. Our results show that the effect of this particular FP intervention has been more effective for women's employment …