Political Reservation and Female Labor Force Participation in Rural India

Political Reservation and Female Labor Force Participation in Rural India

Despite income growth, fertility decline, and educational expansion, women's labor force participation in rural India dropped precipitously over the last decade. This paper uses nationwide, individual-level data allow to explore whether random...

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Main Authors: Deininger, Klaus, Jin, Songqing, Nagarajan, Hari K., Singh, Sudhir K.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
RURAL LABOR MARKET
PUBLIC WORKS
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
VILLAGE GOVERNANCE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/735251596630412809/Political-Reservation-and-Female-Labor-Force-Participation-in-Rural-India
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34282

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/735251596630412809/Political-Reservation-and-Female-Labor-Force-Participation-in-Rural-India
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34282

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