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EMPLOYMENT MATTERS: SALIENT BARRIERS TO WOMEN’S LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION IN INDIA

Authors:
Priyal Saini

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Priyal Saini
LA Martinire For Girls School

MLA 8
Saini, Priyal. "EMPLOYMENT MATTERS: SALIENT BARRIERS TO WOMEN’S LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION IN INDIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 8, no. 8, Aug. 2023, pp. 2221-2228, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2023.v08i08.010. Accessed Aug. 2023.
APA 6
Saini, P. (2023, August). EMPLOYMENT MATTERS: SALIENT BARRIERS TO WOMEN’S LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION IN INDIA. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 8(8), 2221-2228. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2023.v08i08.010
Chicago
Saini, Priyal. "EMPLOYMENT MATTERS: SALIENT BARRIERS TO WOMEN’S LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION IN INDIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 8, no. 8 (August 2023), 2221-2228. Accessed August, 2023. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2023.v08i08.010.

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ABSTRACT:
The active participation of women in the labor workforce plays an integral role in aiding any economy to effectively harness the complete potential of its human capital. Similarly by 2025, according to the McKinsey Global Institute, India has the potential to boost its GDP by up to 60% simply by enabling women to participate at par with men (Tiwari, 2019). However, according to statistics, despite India achieving steady profitable growth over the last two decades, there has been a significant decay in woman's labor force participation (Lahoti & Swaminathan, 2013) so much so that according to a World Bank report (2019), India is ranked at 121 among 131 nations in female labor force participation (Wadhwa & Retnakaran, 2021). Moreover, India is extremely likely to face a significant shortage of skilled labor in the coming decades which makes it imperative to make the job market more inclusive for women (Tiwari, 2019). This coalition of statistics makes it extremely integral to carefully analyze the factors and conditions impacting the participation of women in the labor workforce in India.

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