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

recommendations for further policies in this area. Entrepreneurship can create new economic opportunities for women and contribute to … balancing work and family obligations for women. However, entrepreneurs, both male and female, are relatively scarce in India …

puzzling and stands out among emerging markets. At the same time greater economic participation of women can be a source of … inclusive growth, and wellbeing. Assessing determinants of the labour force participation of women in India can open important … in India. Apart from lack of jobs, social and cultural factors keep women outside the labour force. Other determinants …

-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 …

Reducing gender-specific commuting barriers in developing countries has complex and diverse effects on women's labor … dynamics. We study a program that offers free bus rides for women in several Indian states (the Pink Slip program) using a … synthetic difference-in-differences approach to shed light on labor supply and time use decisions of women. We observe decreased …

Women's share of agricultural wage employment is rising across the Indian sub-continent. Studies examining this process … with a focus on domestic gender relations. We find that, despite increased labor market participation, women's household … status remains acutely depressed. Women laborers, with access to productive assets, however, are effectively reworking gender …

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 …

-in-law's presence consistently diminishes the daughter-in-law's engagement in paid work and increases both women's time spent on … state of residence. Overall, the results suggest that policies that aim to increase women's education and promote gender …

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 …