This paper examines the long-term link between British colonialism and women empowerment in India. We compare women … colonial rule. Controlling for selective annexation using a specific policy, we find that women who live in areas that were … under direct British rule, compared to their counterparts, are better off in terms of almost all measures of women …

the delicate handling of fruits and vegetables and therefore provide employment opportunities for women in rural areas …. However, the social implications of these developments for women workers' roles in their households remain hardly understood …. We address this research gap by assessing a wide range of indicators reflecting women's empowerment. We use primary …

-in-law's presence consistently diminishes the daughter-in-law's engagement in paid work and increases both women's time spent on … state of residence. Overall, the results suggest that policies that aim to increase women's education and promote gender …

Son preference is widespread in a number of developing countries. Anecdotal evidence suggests that women may contribute …

transitions, urban women's employment has refused to budge, never crossing the 25 percent mark. This paper fills a critical gap in … policy research on women's employment in India. The discussion is situated in the normative construction of motherhood and … looks at household structure, and analyzes the effects of other household members on women's labor supply. The results show …