Female Labor Force Participation and Labour Productivity: A Preliminary Analysis

By : Laxmi Narayan

Page No: 397-409

Abstract
The recent trends in female labour force participation have garnered considerable attention among policymakers and research scholars in India, primarily because of the sudden and significant falls in female labour force participation rates in the presence of many enabling factors, particularly the growth of the GDP. Studies on the falling rates have examined many underlying ‘pull and push’ factors but few of them have analysed the role of productivity. This study attempts to have a preliminary understanding of the role of labour productivity on the female labour force participation in India using cross-section and panel data. The study found a link between labour productivity and wages which could impact female labour force participation. The paper found that the FLFPR function for the rural and urban sectors is markedly different from each other and hence, should be studied separately.

Author :
Laxmi Narayan : Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Govt. College, Mahendergarh, Haryana, India.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/PROD.2023.63.04.3