Facets of the Gender Gap in Labour Force Participation and Economic Empowerment Disruption

2022 ◽  
pp. 146-161
Author(s):  
S. K. Baral ◽  
Durga Madhab Mahapatra ◽  
Soumendra Kumar Patra
Keyword(s):  
Gender Gap ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Female Labour Force Participation ◽  
Female Labour ◽  
The Public ◽  
Indian Economy ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
The Social

According to Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) data, the average employment for January 2019-March 2020 was 403 million, which declined to 282 million in April 2020 and recovered steadily thereafter to reach 393million by August 2020. In India, female labour force participation is abysmally poor and has declined over the years, despite a rise in education. The causes for this are complex and, aside from objective factors, include a whole variety of social and cultural aspects. One of the factors causing this is the social mentality of women becoming homemakers. Furthermore, the scarcity of schooling and work-oriented courses, the lack of mobility, and sexism in the workplace have been deterrents to women's access to the public workspace. Therefore, initiatives that aim to fix this void need to be holistic. Legislation alone is not enough, and to close this gap, all stakeholders should join hands. The chapter attempts to analyse facets of the gender gap in labour force participation and economic empowerment disruption through the pandemic.

scholarly journals Gender Equality and Labour Force Participation: Mind the Gap

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-123
Author(s):  
Madhusree Banerjee
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Female Labour Force Participation ◽  
Female Labour ◽  
The Public ◽  
To Come

Despite increase in education, female labour force participation in India is abysmally low and has fallen over the years. The reasons for this are complex and involve a whole range of social and cultural dimensions apart from objective conditions. The article attempts to analyze how social mindset of women being homemakers is one of the reasons that affect this. In addition, lack of education and job-oriented courses, lack of mobility and discrimination at workplace have acted as deterrents for women to come out to the public space for work. Thus, policy which tries to address this gap must be holistic. Legislations alone are not enough, and all stakeholders should join hands to close this gap.

scholarly journals Work Participation of Currently Married Women in Pakistan: Influence of Socio-Economic and Demographic Factors

1975 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-492
Author(s):  
Nasra M. Shah
Keyword(s):  
Labour Force ◽  
International Comparisons ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Work Participation ◽  
Female Labour Force Participation ◽  
Female Labour ◽  
The Social ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Female Work Participation

The study of trends and structure of female labour force participation in -developing countries has attracted considerable attention over the past few years. Several international comparisons based on religious as well as socio-cultural and demographic differentials have been made. See, for example, Youssef [23, 24 and 25], Denti [6] and Boserup [4]. The primary focus of most of such studies consists of analysing female labour force participation rates and structure by controlling for one or two background factors like age or family structure. Fong's study [9] of West Malaysian women seems to be one of the few studies that have concentrated on analysing in a detailed and exhaustive manner the social and economic correlates of female work participation. Among the studies relating to labour force participation of Pakistani women, historical trends (Farooq [7]), structural set up (Farooq [8] and Bean |1 and 2]), and socio-cultural factors (Papanek [15], Pastner [16] and Saeed "[17]) have been analysed. Attempts have also been made at studying the cor¬relates of labour force participation, both for males and females [26 and 8].1 These studies have been referred to in the following sections wherever felt relevant.

scholarly journals The Long Run Effect of Female Work Force Participation on Child Labour

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Soumya Sahin ◽  
Ambar Nath Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Gender Gap ◽  
Overlapping Generations ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Work Force ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Female Labour Force Participation ◽  
Overlapping Generations Model ◽  
Female Labour ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Women And Children

We develop a simple overlapping generations model to show how an increased level of female labour force participation(FLFP) could add to GDP and also make society, especially, women and children better off in the long run. It will also enumerate some of the reasons behind the gender gap in employment and suggest ways to overcome the gap.

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