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The motherhood penalty and female employment in urban India (English)

Since the 1990s, India has seen robust economic growth, rising wages, steady fertility decline, increased urbanization, and expanded educational attainment for males and females. But unlike other countries that have undergone similar transitions, urban women's employment has refused to budge, never crossing the 25 percent mark. This paper fills a critical gap in policy research on women's employment in India. The discussion is situated in the normative...
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Das,Maitreyi B; Zumbyte,Ieva.

The motherhood penalty and female employment in urban India (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8004 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/417411489495483028

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