Information and communication technology and female labour market participation

Jain, Ritika and Chatterjee, Tirtha (2023) Information and communication technology and female labour market participation. Economic and Political Weekly, 58 (11). pp. 16-17. ISSN 0012-9976

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Abstract

Does information and communication technology adoption lead to any broad differences in women’s labour force participation behaviour in India? We use the India Human Development Survey to examine employment decisions of women and find that its adoption leads to improvement in employment measures only for urban women.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Women | ICT | Data | Policy
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General)
JGU School/Centre: Jindal School of Government and Public Policy
Depositing User: Amees Mohammad
Date Deposited: 01 Jun 2023 06:15
Last Modified: 01 Jun 2023 06:15
Official URL: https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/11/commentary/info...
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/6078

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