Political reservations and women's entrepreneurship in India

Ejaz Ghani (), William Kerr and Stephen O'Connell

Journal of Development Economics, 2014, vol. 108, issue C, 138-153

Abstract: We quantify the link between the timing of state-level implementations of political reservations for women in India with the role of women in India's manufacturing sector. While overall employment of women in manufacturing does not increase after the reforms, we find significant evidence that more women-owned establishments were created in the unorganized/informal sector. These new establishments were concentrated in industries where women entrepreneurs have been traditionally active and the entry was mainly found among household-based establishments. We measure and discuss the extent to which this heightened entrepreneurship is due to channels like greater finance access or heightened inspiration for women entrepreneurs.

Keywords: Women; Female; Gender; Entrepreneurship; Political reservations; Development; Informal sector; India; South Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D22 E26 H11 J16 L10 L26 L60 M13 O10 R00 R10 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Working Paper: Political Reservations and Women's Entrepreneurship in India (2014)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2014.01.008

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