Falling female labour force participation in Kerala: empirical evidence of discouragement?

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Main Author: Shalina Susan Mathew
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Published: International Labour Organization 2015
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contents Falling female labour force participation in Kerala: empirical evidence of discouragement? Shalina Susan Mathew India’s female employment and labour force participation have been declining since the mid-2000s. Kerala, traditionally its best-performing state on these indicators, has done worse than the country as a whole. This article examines the shifts that occurred in Kerala’s female employment and participation between 2004 and 2012, by household income level, age group, level of education and occupational category. Those dropping out of the labour market are typically young, educated women qualified for professional occupations, suggesting a discouragement effect exacerbated by widening gender pay differentials in top occupations. These shifts have obliterated some of the hitherto defining features of Kerala’s labour market. 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2015.00251.x DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1564-913X.2015.00251.x publication.journalArticle
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spellingShingle Falling female labour force participation in Kerala: empirical evidence of discouragement?
Shalina Susan Mathew
Falling female labour force participation in Kerala: empirical evidence of discouragement? Shalina Susan Mathew India’s female employment and labour force participation have been declining since the mid-2000s. Kerala, traditionally its best-performing state on these indicators, has done worse than the country as a whole. This article examines the shifts that occurred in Kerala’s female employment and participation between 2004 and 2012, by household income level, age group, level of education and occupational category. Those dropping out of the labour market are typically young, educated women qualified for professional occupations, suggesting a discouragement effect exacerbated by widening gender pay differentials in top occupations. These shifts have obliterated some of the hitherto defining features of Kerala’s labour market. 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2015.00251.x DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1564-913X.2015.00251.x publication.journalArticle
title Falling female labour force participation in Kerala: empirical evidence of discouragement?
url https://researchrepository.ilo.org/esploro/outputs/journalArticle/Falling-female-labour-force-participation-in/995219212602676