Why is Female Labour Force Participation Declining so Sharply in India

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Women’s Empowerment and Economic Development: A Feminist Critique of Storytelling Practices in “Randomista” Economics (2020, background): “On the contrary, high rates of growth have been accompanied by a steady decline in rural women’s labor force participation while female participation rates in urban areas have remained almost ﬂat for several decades (Neff, Sen, and King 2012; Kapsos, Silberman, and Bourmpoula 2014).”
Employment transitions of women in India: A panel analysis (2019, background): “At the same time, stagnation of agriculture and lack of non-farm jobs are considered to be the major factors driving the declining participation in rural areas (Kannan and Raveendran, 2012; Kapsos et al., 2014).”