Increasing Female Employment in India
Distress or Better Opportunities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9692010 |
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| Authors | Indervir Singh (0000-0003-4792-5564, corresponding author), Ankita Ankita |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Publication date | 2026-03-08 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic and political weekly/Economic & political weekly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-9976 • E-ISSN: 2349-8846 |
| Publisher | Sameeksha Trust (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.71279/epw.v61i8.42743 |
| OpenAlex | W7141034769 |
| Language | EN |
The female workforce participation rate has been steadily increasing in India since 2017-18. This paper examines the reasons behind this trend. The analysis indicates a worsening nature for female employment in India, where most women entered the workforce as unpaid or subsidiary workers. Real earnings for workers have generally been declining or stagnant since 2017-18. Additionally, there has been a decline in real household expenditure from 2017-18 to 2023-24. These findings suggest a distress-driven increase in female employment after 2017-18
Affect (linguistics · Distress · Earnings · Entitlement (fair division · Job loss · Workforce · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Work-Family Balance Challenges
| Highly cited | No |
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