Political Reservations and Women’s Entrepreneurship in India

Political Reservations and Women’s Entrepreneurship in India

This paper quantifies the link between the timing of state-level implementations of political reservations for women in India with the role of women in India's manufacturing sector. It does not find evidence that overall employment of women in...

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Main Authors: Ghani, Ejaz, Kerr, William R., O'Connell, Stephen D.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ADVANCED ECONOMIES
ATTITUDES TOWARDS WOMEN
BRIBES
BUSINESS ACTIVITY
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
BUSINESS OWNER
BUSINESS OWNERS
BUSINESS OWNERSHIP
BUSINESS TRAINING
CRIME
CRIMES
CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN
DEBT
DECENTRALIZATION
DEVELOPMENTAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
DISCRIMINATION
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMICS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN
EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN
EQUIPMENT
EXPLOITATION
EXTERNAL FINANCE
EXTERNAL FINANCING
FAMILIES
FEMALE
FEMALE BUSINESSES
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
FIXED CAPITAL
FOOD PRODUCTS
GENDER
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER GAP
GENDER ISSUES
GENDER PARITY
GENDER QUOTAS
GENDERS
GIRLS
GREATER ACCESS
HOME
HOUSEHOLDS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INFORMAL SECTOR
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
LABOR MARKET
LAWS
LEGISLATION
LOAN
LOAN ACCESS
MICROFINANCE
NEW BUSINESSES
OBSTACLES TO GROWTH
OPPRESSION
PERCEPTIONS OF WOMEN
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN
PREJUDICE
PRODUCTIVITY
RESIDENCE
ROLE OF WOMEN
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
SMALL BUSINESS
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
STATUS OF WOMEN
TEXTILES
UNICEF
UNION
VILLAGE
WILL
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
WOMEN IN BUSINESS
WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP
WOMEN IN POLITICS
WOMEN LEADERS
WOMEN LEGISLATORS
WOMEN'S ISSUES
WOOD
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17151425/political-reservations-womens-entrepreneurship-india
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12190

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17151425/political-reservations-womens-entrepreneurship-india
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12190

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