Political Reservations and Women’s Entrepreneurship in India

Political Reservations and Women’s Entrepreneurship in India

This paper quantifies the link between the timing of state-level implementations of political reservations for women in India with the role of women in India's manufacturing sector. It does not find evidence that overall employment of women in...

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Main Authors:	Ghani, Ejaz, Kerr, William R., O'Connell, Stephen D.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FINANCE ADVANCED ECONOMIES ATTITUDES TOWARDS WOMEN BRIBES BUSINESS ACTIVITY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT BUSINESS OWNER BUSINESS OWNERS BUSINESS OWNERSHIP BUSINESS TRAINING CRIME CRIMES CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN DEBT DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPMENTAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN EQUIPMENT EXPLOITATION EXTERNAL FINANCE EXTERNAL FINANCING FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALE BUSINESSES FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP FIXED CAPITAL FOOD PRODUCTS GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER ISSUES GENDER PARITY GENDER QUOTAS GENDERS GIRLS GREATER ACCESS HOME HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL INFORMAL SECTOR INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK LABOR MARKET LAWS LEGISLATION LOAN LOAN ACCESS MICROFINANCE NEW BUSINESSES OBSTACLES TO GROWTH OPPRESSION PERCEPTIONS OF WOMEN POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PREJUDICE PRODUCTIVITY RESIDENCE ROLE OF WOMEN SELF-EMPLOYMENT SMALL BUSINESS SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION STATUS OF WOMEN TEXTILES UNICEF UNION VILLAGE WILL WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP WOMEN IN BUSINESS WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP WOMEN IN POLITICS WOMEN LEADERS WOMEN LEGISLATORS WOMEN'S ISSUES WOOD
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17151425/political-reservations-womens-entrepreneurship-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12190

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