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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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17151425/political-reservations-womens-entrepreneurship-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12190 |
| Summary: | 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 manufacturing increased
after the reforms. However, the analysis finds significant
evidence that more women-owned establishments were created
in the unorganized/informal sector. These establishments
were concentrated in industries where women entrepreneurs
have been traditionally active and the entry was mainly
found among household-based establishments. This heightened
entrepreneurship does not appear linked to changes in
reporting, better access to government contracts and
business, or improved financing environments. One
interpretation of these results is that the implementation
of the political reservations inspired more women to open
establishments, and they did so at a small establishment
scale in industries where they had experience and/or the
support networks of other women. |
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