Regional Variation in Female Employment Within the Tertiary Sector – A State wise Analysis 

By : Dyuti Chatterjee

Page No: 63-75

Abstract
The growth of the tertiary sector helped India to move on a higher growth pedestal. The present paper tries to explore the regional variation in female employment in the tertiary sector post liberalization. For the sake of the analysis, the states were classified under six zones. The percentage of female main and female marginal workers in the tertiary sector across the states were first analyzed to understand the level of interregional and intraregional variation in female employment in the tertiary sector across the states. The Modified Lilien Index was then used to understand the pace of change in female employment post liberalization across the zones. Lastly a multivariate regression was run to identify the factors behind such regional variation in female employment in the tertiary sector. The paper  concluded that the regional variation in female employment could not be captured properly through some macroeconomic aggregates. Introduction of vocational training for women along with a change in state policies are required for the reduction of such regional variation.

Author :
Dyuti Chatterjee
The Bhawanipur Education Society College, Kolkata
 

DOI: DOI-https://doi.org/10.32381/IAPQRT.2021.45.01-02.5