In 2005, India witnessed a constitutional amendment to the Hindu Succession Act of 1956. It gave daughters equal … inheritance rights as sons. However, five states in India had earlier amended the same Act in favour of daughters. Using this …

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 … minority of India's women. So despite India's economic boom, it appears that for all but the very well educated, labor market …

Unlike the global trend, India has witnessed a secular decline in women's employment rates over the past few decades … affected female labor force participation rates in India. …

's employment in India. Whether the macro level output growth pattern and development aspects such as poverty, illiteracy, asset … services sector and its growth has had a favorable impact on female employment in urban India. Analysis reveals that employment … structure in India has led to polarization of skills such that women predominate in low paid, low skill work. While there is …

Between 2004/2005 and 2009/2010 there was a sharp fall in female labor force participation (LFP) in rural India. Why …

There has been a sharp fall in female labour force participation (LFP) in rural India between 2004-05 and 2009 …