Women Workers in India : Why So Few Among So Many? /

This paper examines the determinants of female labor force participation in India, against the backdrop of India having one of the lowest participation rates for women among peer countries. Using extensive Indian household survey data, we model the labor force participation choices of women, conditi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Das, Sonali
Other Authors: Jain-Chandra, Sonali, Kochhar, Kalpana, Kumar, Naresh
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/055
Online Access:Full text available on IMF