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 …

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 …

specific sectors or professions would make room for lower social security contributions. They pay gap between men and women is …

same time, regional differences in labour market performance have grown. Raising the low employment rate of women with …

Statistics Directorate. The initiative aims to identify policy and programme solutions to promote women’s economic empowerment by … recognising, reducing and redistributing women’s unpaid care work. This paper presents new analysis of time use data and unpaid … on Women’s Economic Empowerment. Specifically, the recommendations focus on how to recognise unpaid care work by …

on a difference-in-differences methodology we find that the labour market participation rates of women with children … decreased after the introduction of the benefit compared to childless women. The estimates suggest that by mid-2017 the labour … result of the “Family 500+” benefit. The effect was higher among women with lower levels of education and living in small …