What Explains the Stagnation of Female Labor Force Participation in Urban India?
研究了1987-2011年间印度城市已婚女性劳动参与率停滞在18%左右的原因，发现家庭收入上升、丈夫教育提高以及高学历女性选择性下降等供给因素，加上吸纳女性就业的部门扩张不足等需求因素共同导致了这一现象。
Abstract Female labor force participation rates in urban India between 1987 and 2011 are surprisingly low and have stagnated since the late 1980s. Despite rising growth, fertility decline, and rising wage and education levels, married women's labor force participation hovered around 18 percent. Analysis of five large cross-sectional micro surveys shows that a combination of supply and demand effects have contributed to this stagnation. The main supply side factors are rising household incomes and husband's education as well as the falling selectivity of highly educated women. On the demand side, the sectors that draw in female workers have expanded least, so that changes in the sectoral structure of employment alone would have actually led to declining participation rates.