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dc.contributor.authorLahoti, Rahul
dc.contributor.authorSwaminathan, Hema
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-02T13:02:47Z-
dc.date.available2020-04-02T13:02:47Z-
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn1354-5701
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.iimb.ac.in/handle/2074/11318-
dc.description.abstractIndia has experienced steady economic growth over the last two decades alongside a persistent decline in women's labor force participation (LFPR). This paper explores the relationship between economic development and women's labor supply using state-level data spanning the period 1983–4 to 2011–2. While several studies suggest a U-shaped relationship between development and women's labor force participation, our results suggest that at the state level, there is no systematic U-shaped relationship between level of domestic product and women's LFPR. On examining the relationship between the structure of the economy and women's economic activity, we find that it is not economic growth but rather the composition of growth that is relevant for women. Further, our results suggest that aggregate changes in the proportion of women in the workforce can be mostly attributed to the movement of the workforce across sectors rather than changes in the proportion of women workers within a sector.
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.subjectDecomposition
dc.subjectEconomic Development
dc.subjectIndia
dc.subjectU-Shaped Relationship
dc.subjectValue Added
dc.subjectWomen'S Labor Force Participation
dc.titleEconomic development and women's labor force participation in India
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13545701.2015.1066022
dc.pages168-195p.
dc.vol.noVol.22-
dc.issue.noIss.2-
dc.journal.nameFeminist Economics
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