Does U Feminisation Work in Female Labour Force Participation Rate? India: A Case Study

The Indian Journal of Labour Economics - Tập 63 Số 1 - Trang 143-160 - 2020
Antara Bhattacharyya1, Sushil Kr. Haldar1
1Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

Tóm tắt

Từ khóa


Tài liệu tham khảo

Abraham, V.J. 2009. Employment Growth in Rural India: Distress-Driven? Economic & Political Weekly, 18th April.

Afridi, F., T. Dinkelman, and K. Mahajan. 2016. Why Are Fewer Married Women Joining the Work Force in India? A Decomposition Analysis Over Two Decades, IZA DP No. 9722.

Ambreen, F., and H. Sultana. 2009. Tracing Out the U-Shape Relationship Between Female Labour Force Participation Rate and Economic Development for Pakistan. Karachi: Applied Economics Research Centre, University of Karachi. International Journal of Social Economics 36(1/2): 182–198.

Anderson, S., and M. Eswaran. 2009. What Determines Female Autonomy? Evidence from Bangladesh. Journal of Development Economics 90(2): 179–191.

Attanasio, O. 2005. Female Labor Supply as Insurance Against Idiosyncratic Risk. Journal of the European Economic Association 3(2–3): 755–764.

Attanasio, O., E. Battistin, E. Fitzsimons, A. Mesnard, M., and Vera-Hernández. 2005. How Effective Are Conditional Cash Transfers? Evidence from Colombia, IFS Briefing Note No. 54. https://www.ifs.org.uk/bns/bn54.pdf. Accessed 1 Jan 2019.

Beneria, L. 1982. Accounting for women’s work. In Women and development: The sexual division of labor in rural societies, ed. Beneria, L. 119–147. NewYork: Praeger.

Bhalotra, S., and Marcela. Umaña-Aponte. 2012. The Dynamics of Women’s Labor Supply in Developing Countries, IZA Discussion Paper 4879. https://ideas.repec.org/p/bri/cmpowp/10-235.html. Accessed 1 Jan 2019.

Bhalotra, S.R., and M. Umana. 2010. The Dynamics of Women’s Labour Supply in Developing Countries, IZA DP No. 4879. https://ftp.iza.org/dp4879.pdf. Accessed 1 Jan 2019.

Boserup, E. 1970. Woman’s Role in Economic Development. London: George Allen & Unwin.

Chatterjee, E., S. Desai, and R. Vanneman. 2018. Indian Paradox: Rising Education, Declining Women’s Employment. Demographic Research 38(1): 855–878.

Chowdhury, S. 2011. Employment in India: What Does the Latest Data Show? Economic & Political Weekly 46(32): 23–26.

Chaudhary, R., and S. Verick. 2014. Female Labour Force Participation in India and Beyond, ILO Asia–Pacific Working Paper Series, International Labour Organization, ILO DWT for South Asia and Country Office for India, New Delhi: ILO, 2227–4405, ISSN 2227-4391. http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@asia/@ro-bangkok/@sro-new_delhi/documents/publication/wcms_324621.pdf. Accessed 16 Oct 2019.

Dasgupta, Purnamita, and B. Goldar. 2006. Female Labour Supply in Rural India: An Econometric Analysis. Indian Journal of Labour Economics 49(2): 293–310.

Desai, S., and D. Jain. 1994. Maternal Employment and Changes in the Family Dynamics: The Social Context of Womens’ Work in Rural South India. Population and Development Review 20: 115–136.

District Census Report. 2001. Registrar General, Government of India, New Delhi. http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-common/census_data_2001.html.

District Census Report. 2011. Registrar General, Government of India, New Delhi, http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-Common/CensusData2011.html.

Donahoe, D.A. 1999. Measuring Women’s Work in Developing Countries. Population and Development Review 25(3): 543–576.

Eswaran, M., B. Ramaswami, and W. Wadhwa. 2013. Status, Caste, and the Time Allocation of Women in Rural India. Economic Development and Cultural Change 61(2): 311–333.

Fatima, A., and H. Sultana. 2009. Tracing Out the U-shape Relationship Between Female Labor Force Participation Rate and Economic Development for Pakistan. International Journal of Social Economics 36(1/2): 182–98.

Fletcher, Erin K., R. Pande, and C.T. Moore. 2017. Women and Work in India: Descriptive Evidence and a Review of Potential Policies. https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/rpande/files/women_and_work_in_india_indiaflfp_workingpaper.pdf. Accessed 16 Oct 2019.

Gaddis, I., and S. Klasen. 2014. Economic Development, Structural Change, and Women’s Labor Force Participation: A Reexamination of the Feminization U Hypothesis. Journal of Population Economics 27(3): 639–681.

Goldin, C. 1994a. The U-Shaped Female Labor Force Function in Economic Development and Economic History NBER Working Paper No. 4707, NBER Program(s): Development of the American Economy, https://ideas.repec.org/p/nbr/nberwo/4707.html. Accessed 3 Jan 2019.

Goldin, C. 1994b. The U-shaped Female Labor Force Function in Economic Development and Economic History. In Investment in Women’s Human Capital and Economic Development, ed. T.Paul Schultz, 61–90. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Himanshu, 2011. Employment Trends in India: A Re-Examination. Economic and Political Weekly 47(37): 43–59.

ILO. 2013. Global Employment Trends 2013: Recovering from a Second Jobs Dip. Geneva: ILO. https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—dgreports/—dcomm/—publ/documents/publication/wcms_202326.pdf. Accessed 5 Jan 2019.

International Labour Organisation. 2008. Measurement of Working Time 18th International Conference of Labour Statisticians Geneva, Report-II. https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—asia/—ro-bangkok/—sro-new_delhi/documents/genericdocument/wcms_342357.pdf. Accessed 16 Oct 2019.

International Labour Organization (ILO). 2010. Women in Labour Markets: Measuring Progress and Identifying Challenges, Geneva. https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/group/public/—edemp/—emp_elm/–trends/documents/publication/wcms_123835.pdf. Accessed 28 Dec 2018.

International Labour Organization (ILO). 2011. Women in Labour Markets: Measuring Progress and Identifying Challenges, Geneva. https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/group/public/---ed_emp/---emp_elm/--trends/documents/publication/wcms_123835.pdf. Accessed 28 Dec 2018.

Kabeer, N., R. Assaad, A. Darkwah, S. Mahmud, H. Sholkamy, S. Tasneem, and T. Dzodzi. 2013. Paid Work, Women’s Empowerment and Inclusive Growth: Transforming the Structures of Constraint. New York: UN Women. http://www.lse.ac.uk/gender/assets/documents/research/choice-constraints-and-the-gender-dynamics-of-lab/Paid-work-womens-empowerment-and-inclusive-growth.-New-York-UN-Women.pdf. Accessed 4 Jan 2019.

Klasen, S., and J. Pieters. 2015. What Explains the Stagnation of Female Labor Force Participation in Urban India? The world Bank Economic Review 29(3): 449–478.

Kottis, A.Petraki. 1990. Shifts Over Time and Regional Variation in Womens’ Labor Force Participation Rates in a Developing Economy: The Case of Greece. Journal of Development Economics 33(1): 117–132.

Lahoti, R., and H. Swaminathan. 2016. Economic Development and Womens’ Labor Force Participation in India. Feminist Economics 22(2): 168–195.

Luci, A. 2009. Female Labour Market Participation and Economic Growth. International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development 4(23): 97–108.

Mammen, K., and C. Paxson. 2000. Womens’ Work and Economic Development. Journal of Economic Perspectives 14(4): 141–164.

Mazumdar, I., and N. Neetha. 2011. Gender Dimensions: Employment Trends in India, 1993–1994 to 2009–2010. Economic and Political Weekly 46(43): 118–126.

Meenakshi, J.V., R. Ray, and S. Gupta. 2000. Estimates of Poverty for SC, ST and Female Headed Households. Economic and Political Weekly 35(31): 2748–2754.

Mehrotra, S., A. Gandhi, P. Saha, and B.K. Sahoo. 2012. Joblessness and Informalization: Challenges to Inclusive Growth in India, Institute of Applied Manpower Research Occasional Paper 9/2012. http://iamrindia.gov.in/writereaddata/Uploadfile/Joblessness.pdf. Accessed 12 Jan 2019.

Neff, D.F., K. Sen, and V. Kling. 2012. The Puzzling Decline in Rural Womens’ Labor Force Participation in India: A Re-examination, GIGA Working Paper Series. https://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/system/files/publications/wp196_neff-sen-kling.pdf. Accessed 1 Jan 2019.

Olsen, W., and S. Mehta. 2006. A Pluralist Account of Labor Participation in India, Working Paper, GPRG-WPS-042, Global Poverty Research Group, University of Oxford, http://www.gprg.org/pubs/workingpapers/pdfs/gprg-wps-042.pdf. Accessed 28 Dec 2018.

Pampel, F.C., and K. Tanaka. 1986. Economic Development and Female Labor Force Participation: A Reconsideration. Social Force 64(3): 599–619.

Panagariya, A. 2008. India: The Emerging Giant. New York: Oxford University Press.

Rangarajan, C., I.P. Kaul, and Seema. 2011. Where is the Missing Labor Force? Economic and Political Weekly 46(39): 68–72.

Raveendran, G., and K.P. Kannan. 2012. Counting and Profiling the Missing Labour Force. Economic and Political Weekly 47(06): 43–59.

Sarkar, S. 2008. Trends and Patterns of Labour Supply and Unemployment in India. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238739933. Accessed 16 Oct 2019.

Sarkar, S., S. Sahoo, and S. Klasen. 2017. Employment Transitions of Women in India: A Panel Analysis, IZA Discussion Paper 11086. https://ftp.iza.org/dp11086.pdf. Accessed 28 Dec 2018.

Schultz, T. 1990. Women’s Changing Participation in the Labor Force: A World Perspective. Economic Development and Cultural Change 38(3): 457–488.

Sen, A.K. 1990. Gender and Cooperative Conflicts. In Persistent Inequalities: Women and World Development, ed. Irene Tinker, 123–149. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Stone, J.R.N. 1954. Linear Expenditure Systems and Demand Analysis: An Application to the Pattern of British Demand. Economic Journal 64: 511–527.

Sudarshan, Ratna M., and S. Bhattacharya. 2009. Through the Magnifying Glass: Womens’ Work and Labor Force Participation in Urban Delhi. Economic and Political Weekly 44(48): 59–66.

Tam, Henry. 2011. U-shaped Female Labor Participation with Economic Development: Some Panel Data Evidence. Economics Letters 110(2): 140–142.

Tansel, Aysit. 2002. Economic Development and Female Labor Force Participation in Turkey: Time-Series Evidence and Cross-section Estimates. Economic Research Forum Working Paper Series 0124. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol13/papers.cfm?abstract_id=301946. Accessed 6 Jan 2019.

Thorat, S. 2006. Empowering Marginalized Groups: Policies and Change. In Council for social development, 64–76. India: Social Development Report, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.

Thorat, S., and A. Dubey. 2012. Has Growth Been Socially Inclusive During 1993–1994—2009–2010? Economic and Political Weekly XLVII(10): 43–53.