policies. More and better jobs for women in India could raise growth by about 2 percentage points a year over time. This …Economic participation of women in the labour force or as entrepreneurs is low compared to peers and has declined over … factors are important - family status increases if women stay home, house work has become more attractive than poorly paid …

minority of India's women. So despite India's economic boom, it appears that for all but the very well educated, labor market … conditions for women have not improved. -- female labor force participation ; education ; India …In the past twenty years, India's economy has grown at increasing rates and now belongs to the fastest …

minority of India's women. So despite India's economic boom, it appears that for all but the very well educated, labor market …In the past twenty years, India's economy has grown at increasing rates and now belongs to the fastest …-growing economies in the world. This paper examines drivers of female labor force participation in urban India between 1987 and 2004 …

Economic theory suggests that growth may improve gender equality directly by raising women's employment and indirectly …. This paper argues that growth in India has not substantially improved gender equality because it has not sufficiently … activated either of these mechanisms. I analyze structural changes from 1982/83 to 2011/12 to show that India's high …

educational infrastructure, women become better educated, improve their skills and capabilities, gain possibilities to enter the … labour market and use financial resources to start up their own businesses. All these bring women to play a role on the … labour market and significantly contribute to overall socio-economic development. The women entrepreneurship unfolds various …

This paper studies how public policies, including pro-women interventions, can raise female labour force participation … and promote economic growth in India. The first part provides a brief review of gender issues in the country. The second … part presents a gender-based OLG model, based on Agénor (2015) and Agénor and Canuto (2015), that accounts for women’s time …