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Avanindra Nath Thakur
Avanindra Nath Thakur is a Professor of Economics at the Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, O.P. Jindal Global University. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the interdisciplinary research unit IDEAS at O.P. Jindal Global University, and a Senior Fellow at Anadi Institute for Social Research and Action (AISRA).
His areas of specialisation include development economics, economic policies, applied econometrics, labour economics, agricultural economics and data science.
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What is behind the recent rise in women’s workforce participation?
Women’s workforce participation in India increased from 32% in 2022-23 to 37% in 2023-24, with the rise concentrated in rural areas. This article demonstrates that this significant change may be driven by additional clarifications in instructions to enumerators, resulting in several women who were earlier classified as outside the labour force now being considered self-employed. This highlights the need to exercise caution while interpreting the rising workforce participation as sustainable employment growth
