This paper examines the determinants of female labor force participation in India, against the backdrop of India having … of policy initiatives can help boost female economic participation in the states of India, including increased labor …

India has followed an idiosyncratic pattern of development, certainly compared with other fast-growing Asian economies …. While the importance of services rather than manufacturing is widely noted, within manufacturing India has emphasized skill … existed prior to the beginning of economic reforms in the 1980s, and stem from the idiosyncratic policies adopted after India …