Political Reservation and Female Labor Force Participation in Rural India

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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 reservation of village leadership for women affected their access to suitable job opportunities, demand for participation in the labor force, and income as well as intrahousehold bargaining in the short and...

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Deininger,Klaus W.;

Jin,Songqing;

Nagarajan,Hari Krishnan;

Singh,Sudhir K.;
Document Date
2020/08/05
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS9350
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
India,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2020/08/05
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Political Reservation and Female Labor Force Participation in Rural India
Keywords
female labor force participation

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Deininger,Klaus W.; Jin,Songqing; Nagarajan,Hari Krishnan; Singh,Sudhir K..

Political Reservation and Female Labor Force Participation in Rural India (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9350 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/735251596630412809

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