Recent economic progress in India leads to better paying jobs; yet, Indian women’s participation in labour markets has not improved significantly. An experiment in India conducted by GLM|LIC researchers from the project “Empowering Women through Public Policy”, suggests that social norm is a main factor keeping Indian women from labor markets.
The authors of the working paper are Erica Field (Duke University), Rohini Pande (Harvard University), Natalia Rigol (Harvard University), Simone Schaner (Dartmouth College), and Charity Troyer Moore (Harvard University).