Political Reservation and Female Labor Force Participation in Rural India

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...

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Main Authors:	Deininger, Klaus, Jin, Songqing, Nagarajan, Hari K., Singh, Sudhir K.
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RURAL LABOR MARKET PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT VILLAGE GOVERNANCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/735251596630412809/Political-Reservation-and-Female-Labor-Force-Participation-in-Rural-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34282

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spelling	okr-10986-342822022-09-20T00:11:27Z Political Reservation and Female Labor Force Participation in Rural India Deininger, Klaus Jin, Songqing Nagarajan, Hari K. Singh, Sudhir K. FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RURAL LABOR MARKET PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT VILLAGE GOVERNANCE 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 medium term. Political empowerment through reservation affected women's but not men's participation in public works, but also women's participation in labor markets, income, and participation in key household decisions, with a lag. 2020-08-06T14:59:05Z 2020-08-06T14:59:05Z 2020-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/735251596630412809/Political-Reservation-and-Female-Labor-Force-Participation-in-Rural-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34282 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9350 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia India
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description	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 medium term. Political empowerment through reservation affected women's but not men's participation in public works, but also women's participation in labor markets, income, and participation in key household decisions, with a lag.
format	Working Paper
author	Deininger, Klaus Jin, Songqing Nagarajan, Hari K. Singh, Sudhir K.
author_facet	Deininger, Klaus Jin, Songqing Nagarajan, Hari K. Singh, Sudhir K.
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title	Political Reservation and Female Labor Force Participation in Rural India
title_short	Political Reservation and Female Labor Force Participation in Rural India
title_full	Political Reservation and Female Labor Force Participation in Rural India
title_fullStr	Political Reservation and Female Labor Force Participation in Rural India
title_full_unstemmed	Political Reservation and Female Labor Force Participation in Rural India
title_sort	political reservation and female labor force participation in rural india
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/735251596630412809/Political-Reservation-and-Female-Labor-Force-Participation-in-Rural-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34282
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Political Reservation and Female Labor Force Participation in Rural India

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