Precarious Drop : Reassessing Patterns of Female Labor Force Participation in India
This paper uses successive rounds of National Sample Survey Organization data from 1993-94 to 2011-12, and draws from census data. This paper (i) provides a description of nearly two decades of patterns and trends in female labor force participatio...
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okr-10986-263682021-06-08T14:42:48Z Precarious Drop : Reassessing Patterns of Female Labor Force Participation in India Andres, Luis A. Dasgupta, Basab Joseph, George Abraham, Vinoj Correia, Maria LABOR DIAGNOSTICS FEMALE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET WOMEN IN WORKFORCE EMPLOYMENT TRAINING LABOR SKILLS CASUAL LABOR INFORMAL LABOR This paper uses successive rounds of National Sample Survey Organization data from 1993-94 to 2011-12, and draws from census data. This paper (i) provides a description of nearly two decades of patterns and trends in female labor force participation in India; (ii) estimates the extent of the recent decline in female labor force participation; and (iii) examines and assesses the contribution of various demographic and socioeconomic factors in explaining the female labor force participation decision and the recent the drop. The analysis finds that female labor force participation dropped by 19.6 million women from 2004–05 to 2011–12. Participation declined by 11.4 percent, from 42.6 to 31.2 percent during 1993–94 to 2011–12. Approximately 53 percent of this drop occurred in rural India, among those ages 15 to 24 years. Factors such as educational attainment, socioeconomic status, and household composition largely contributed to the drop, although their effects were more pronounced in rural areas. Specifically, the analysis finds a U-shaped relationship between levels of educational attainment and female labor force participation. The decomposition of the contribution of these various determinants to the female labor force participation decision suggests that stability in family income, as indicated by the increasing share of regular wage earners and declining share of casual labor in the composition of family labor supply, has led female family members to choose dropping out of, rather than joining, the labor force. The findings of this paper suggest that conventional approaches to increasing female labor force participation (such as education and skills and legal provisions) will be insufficient. Policies should center on promoting the acceptability of female employment and investing in growing economic sectors that are more attractive for female employment. 2017-04-13T20:12:38Z 2017-04-13T20:12:38Z 2017-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/559511491319990632/Precarious-drop-reassessing-patterns-of-female-labor-force-participation-in-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26368 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8024 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia India |
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This paper uses successive rounds of
National Sample Survey Organization data from 1993-94 to
2011-12, and draws from census data. This paper (i) provides
a description of nearly two decades of patterns and trends
in female labor force participation in India; (ii) estimates
the extent of the recent decline in female labor force
participation; and (iii) examines and assesses the
contribution of various demographic and socioeconomic
factors in explaining the female labor force participation
decision and the recent the drop. The analysis finds that
female labor force participation dropped by 19.6 million
women from 2004–05 to 2011–12. Participation declined by
11.4 percent, from 42.6 to 31.2 percent during 1993–94 to
2011–12. Approximately 53 percent of this drop occurred in
rural India, among those ages 15 to 24 years. Factors such
as educational attainment, socioeconomic status, and
household composition largely contributed to the drop,
although their effects were more pronounced in rural areas.
Specifically, the analysis finds a U-shaped relationship
between levels of educational attainment and female labor
force participation. The decomposition of the contribution
of these various determinants to the female labor force
participation decision suggests that stability in family
income, as indicated by the increasing share of regular wage
earners and declining share of casual labor in the
composition of family labor supply, has led female family
members to choose dropping out of, rather than joining, the
labor force. The findings of this paper suggest that
conventional approaches to increasing female labor force
participation (such as education and skills and legal
provisions) will be insufficient. Policies should center on
promoting the acceptability of female employment and
investing in growing economic sectors that are more
attractive for female employment. |
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Andres, Luis A. Dasgupta, Basab Joseph, George Abraham, Vinoj Correia, Maria |
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Andres, Luis A. Dasgupta, Basab Joseph, George Abraham, Vinoj Correia, Maria |
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Andres, Luis A. |
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Precarious Drop : Reassessing Patterns of Female Labor Force Participation in India |
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Precarious Drop : Reassessing Patterns of Female Labor Force Participation in India |
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Precarious Drop : Reassessing Patterns of Female Labor Force Participation in India |
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Precarious Drop : Reassessing Patterns of Female Labor Force Participation in India |
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Precarious Drop : Reassessing Patterns of Female Labor Force Participation in India |
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precarious drop : reassessing patterns of female labor force participation in india |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/559511491319990632/Precarious-drop-reassessing-patterns-of-female-labor-force-participation-in-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26368 |
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