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Can Political Empowerment Help Economic Empowerment? : Women Leaders and Female Labor Force Participation in India / Ghani, Ejaz
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Ghani, Ejaz
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Decentralization.
- Development.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Gender.
- Gender and Development.
- Gender and Health.
- Gender and Law.
- Jobs.
- Labor Markets.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth, Gender.
- Political Reservations.
- Population Policies.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Shared Prosperity.
- Social Inclusion.
- Social Protection.
- Sub-National Development.
- Women.
- Local Subjects:
- Decentralization.
- Development.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Gender.
- Gender and Development.
- Gender and Health.
- Gender and Law.
- Jobs.
- Labor Markets.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth, Gender.
- Political Reservations.
- Population Policies.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Shared Prosperity.
- Social Inclusion.
- Social Protection.
- Sub-National Development.
- Women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (33 pages)
- Other Title:
- Can Political Empowerment Help Economic Empowerment?
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2013
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This study examines whether political empowerment of women affects their economic participation. In the context of mandated political representation reform for women in India, the study finds that the length of exposure to women politicians affects overall female labor force participation. These effects seem to arise through direct and indirect channels: political representation of women directly affects hours of work assigned to women under the recent national public works program, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. In addition, the level of access to public goods, as influenced by exposure to women leaders over time, increases the likelihood of women being engaged in the labor force. The findings suggest that women's participation in politics could be a useful policy tool to increase both the supply of and the demand for labor market opportunities for women, potentially helping to stem India's declining female labor force participation rate.
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