Stephan Klasen
University of Gottingen
Abstract:
We examine drivers of female labor force participation in urban India between 1987 and 2009, asking to what degree India’s economic boom has drawn women into the labor force and whether social and economic barriers to female participation have fallen. Although participation rates in urban India have remained low throughout this period, we do find evidence that the effects of households’ socio-economic class have declined over time, especially among highly educated women. There is, however, a conditional U-shaped relationship between women’s own education and labor force participation, with a large drop in the positive effect of higher education. This may be a result of the expansion of higher education in India, associated with an increase in the scarcity of white-collar jobs and a decline in positive selection of women into higher education.
Date: February 22, 2013
Time: 03:00 P.M.
Venue:
Seminar Room (First Floor)
Department of Economics,
Delhi School of Economics,
New Delhi-110007(INDIA)
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University of Gottingen
Abstract:
We examine drivers of female labor force participation in urban India between 1987 and 2009, asking to what degree India’s economic boom has drawn women into the labor force and whether social and economic barriers to female participation have fallen. Although participation rates in urban India have remained low throughout this period, we do find evidence that the effects of households’ socio-economic class have declined over time, especially among highly educated women. There is, however, a conditional U-shaped relationship between women’s own education and labor force participation, with a large drop in the positive effect of higher education. This may be a result of the expansion of higher education in India, associated with an increase in the scarcity of white-collar jobs and a decline in positive selection of women into higher education.
Date: February 22, 2013
Time: 03:00 P.M.
Venue:
Seminar Room (First Floor)
Department of Economics,
Delhi School of Economics,
New Delhi-110007(INDIA)
Location:
View Larger Map
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