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No.2023-17(December)

brief

policy

KeyPoints

?InIndia,thefemalelabor

forceparticipationrateis

higherinruralareasthaninurbanareas.

?Thedistributionofjobs

ishighlyskewedtoward

agricultureintherural

economy,whichdrivesdownwagesforwomenworkers.

?Low-earning,unpaidfamilyworkandownaccount

workconstitutethehighestproportionoffemale

employmentinruralIndia,whileurbanareashave

mostlyhigher-payingregularsalariedjobs.

?Informalskilltrainingdoesnotleadtoanincreaseinwagesforwomenworkersascomparedtoformalskilltraining.

?VeryfewwomenworkersinIndiareceiveanysocialsecuritybenefits.

?2023AsianDevelopmentBankInstitute

ISSN2411-6734

DOI:

/10.56506/

BDXR3681

Thisworkislicensedundera

CreativeCommonsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike4.0InternationalLicense.

AStatisticalPortraitofthe

IndianFemaleLaborForce

CledwynFernandez,Fellow,IndianCouncilforResearchon

InternationalEconomicRelations(ICRIER),India

HavishayePuri,ResearchAssistant,ICRIER,India

1.Introduction

Thefemalelaborforceparticipationrate(FLPR)inIndiahasseenadecliningtrendsincethe1990sdespitestrongeconomicgrowth,declineinfertility,expansionofeducation,andimprovedaccesstoinfrastructure(Klasens2019).TheFLPRisanimportantmetricforaneconomyasitleadstoimprovedandsustainedgrowth.AccordingtoMcKinseyGlobalInstitute’srecentreport,ThePowerofParity:AdvancingWomen’sEqualityinAsia-Pacific,1morethan70%ofthepotentialGDPopportunitycomesfromincreasingwomen’sparticipationinthelaborforceby10percentagepoints.Therefore,itisimportantthatIndialeverageitslargefemalepopulationbyencouragingthemtojointhelaborforce.

WhilemostG20economieshavesustainedtheirFLPRlevelsovertheprevious2decades,India’strajectoryhasbeentheopposite.In2021,IndiarecordedthelowestFLPRacrossallG20economies(Figure1),showingaseculardeclinefrom2000.Onobservinghistoricaltrends,thispatternofdecliningFLPRcanbetracedbackmuchfurtherinIndia.ThecountryrecordedanFLPRof24.1%in1955,whichincreasedto33%in1972.2Sincethen,theFLPRhasseenagradualandconsistentdeclinetoabout23%2017.3However,thisdecliningtrendhasbeguntoreverse,withtheFLPRimprovingto33%in2021.4Onfurtherdisaggregationofthedata,wefindthattheincreaseinFLPRisbeingprimarilydrivenbylocationandindustry-specificfactors,suchastheincreasingparticipationofwomeninagriculturewithintheruraleconomy.

Againstthisbackground,thispolicybriefseekstoaddress2questions:(1)WhatexplainsthechangingtrendofFLPRfrom2017–2018to2021–2022and(2)WhatexplainstheheterogeneityacrossdemographyandindustriesinIndiawithregardtotheFLPR.Toanswerthesequestions,weusetheestimatesofthelatestroundofthePeriodicLabourForceSurvey(PLFS),conductedbetweenJuly2021andJune2022.

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-power-of-parity-advancing-womens-equality-in-asia-pacific.

2Nikore,M.2019.WhereAreIndia’sWorkingWomen?TheFallandFallofIndia’sFemaleLabourParticipationRate.LondonSchoolofEconomics.

3PeriodicLabourForceSurvey2017–18.

4PeriodicLabourForceSurvey2021–22.

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Figure1:FemaleLaborForceParticipationRateAcrossG20Countries(%)

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ThissurveyhasbeenconductedannuallybytheNationalStatisticsOffice(NSO)since2017–2018andiswidelyusedtoestimateIndia’slabormarketstatisticsacrossruralandurbanareas.

2.GeneralTrends

TheFLPRtrendisbroadlyexplainedthroughdemandandsupplysidefactorsinacademicliterature.Kapsosetal.(2014)explainthelowFLPRinIndiathroughdemand-sidefactors.Theauthorspointtothefactthatgendersegregationofoccupationandthelackofgrowthindemandforlaborinsectorsdominatedbywomenhaveresultedinlowparticipation.Inessence,boththenumberandtypeofjobsmatter(DasandDesai2003).KhatiwadaandVeloso(2019)discusshownewtypesofworkindevelopingAsiainfluenceaccesstoemergingopportunities.Theyfurtheremphasizehowmenhavetraditionallyhadaccesstoagreaterproportionoftheseopportunities.Similarly,MehrotraandParida(2017)pointoutthattheuseofseeddrillers,harvesters,andthreshershasdisproportionatelydisplacedfemaleworkersfromtheworkforce.Onthesupplyside,KlasenandPieters(2015)identifytheforcesforthestagnatingFLPRinIndiausingmicro-leveldata.Theauthorsconcludethatmaleincomeandeducationreducesfemalelaborforceparticipation.

Thepositiveeffectofhighereducationismoderatedbyopposingfactorslikesocialconstraints.Thus,factorssuchashouseholdincome,societalandculturalnorms,andmigrationcouldaffecttheFLPRinIndia.Inthissection,wepresentsomegeneralobservationsforthefemalelaborforceinIndiabyanalyzingitaccordingtogeography,demographics,industry,andoccupations.

TheFLPRabovetheageof15hasshownsolidimprovementinIndiafrom23%in2017–2018to33%in2021–2022.Remarkably,thistrendhasbeenconsistentthroughoutthevariousstates,withveryfewexceptions.However,thereisacleardividewithintheFLPRacrossstates.WhilestateswithinthenortheastofthecountryandthoseprimarilyadjacenttotheHimalayaslikeHimachalPradesh(66%),Uttarakhand(33%),Sikkim(58%),Meghalaya(50%),andNagaland(51%)havearelativelyhigherFLPRascomparedwiththeIndianaverage(33%);statesalongtheIndo-GangeticplainslikePunjab(24%),Haryana(19%),Delhi(12%),UttarPradesh(26%),Bihar(10%),andWestBengal(28%)haveperformedpoorlyascomparedwiththerestofthecountry.StatessituatedinsouthernandwesternpartsofthecountryarebetterperformersthantherestofIndia,withTelangana(45%)andAndhraPradesh(43%)leadingtheFLPRmetric,followedbyTamilNadu(41%),Maharashtra(38%),Kerala(37%),andGujarat(34%).

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Giventhat79%ofIndia’sfemalelaborforceissituatedinruralareas,theFLPRtrendisdominatedbystructuralchangesintheruraleconomy.TheFLPRinruralareashasincreasedatafasterpacefrom25%in2017–2018to37%in2021–2022ascomparedwithachangefrom20%to24%inurbanareas.AsKapsosetal.(2014)observe,thelabormarketdifferssignificantlybetweentheruralandurbanregionsofthecountry.Thesedifferingoutcomesareprimarilydrivenbythedominanceofagricultureinruralareasandthediversifiedcompositionofsectorswithinurbanareas.Asaresult,sectoraldivergenceisthedrivingfactorofthedifferingpaceofFLPRchangeinboththeregions.Thus,fortheremainderoftheanalysis,wedividethefemalelaborforceintoruralandurbancohortsandexaminetheresultsforeach.

2.1DemographicIndicators

AsshowninFigure2,wefindthattheruralFLPRisconsistentlyhigherthantheurbanFLPRacrossallincomedeciles(asproxiedbythedecilesofUsualMonthlyPerCapitaExpenditure[UMPCE]decileclasses).AnotherinterestingfindingisthattheFLPRishigherasthepopulation5getsricherinIndia.TheFLPRis20%in

Figure2:IncomeDecileClassesandFLPRinIndia,2021–2022

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thebottom10%ofruralpopulationbutchangesto35%inthetop10%.Thischangeisrelativelysimilarinurbanareas,wheretheFLPRis15%inthebottom10%oftheurbanpopulationand26%inthetop10%.ThistrendisconsistentacrossmoststatesinIndia,withafewoutliers(TableA2.1intheonlineAppendix2).

Furthermore,intheruraleconomy,thevastmajorityofthefemalelaborforceisemployedinagricultureacrossallincomedeciles(Figure3).However,thisproportiondeclinesasthepopulationgetsricher,from81%inthebottom10%ofthepopulationto63%inthetop10%.Thisiscomplementedbyaconsistentincreaseofwomenworkersinmanufacturingandservicesaswethemoveuptheincomedeciles.Withinurbanareas,theproportionofwomenworkinginmanufacturingandrelatedindustriesconsistentlydeclinesfrom33%forthelowestincomedecileto13%forthehighestincomedecile.Conversely,theproportionofwomenworkingintheservicesindustryincreasesfrom46%forthelowestincomedecileto85%forthehighestincomedecile.Agriculturefollowsasimilartrajectoryaswithruralareas,withtheshareofwomenworkersdecliningasthepopulationgetsricher.

Consistentwithindustrytrends,thehighestFLPRinruralareasisfoundinhouseholdsthateithersupplycasuallabortoagricultureorareself-employed(Figure4).Incontrast,withinurbanareas(withahighshareoftheservicesector),thehighestFLPRiswithinhouseholdsthatearnaregularsalary.Wetakedetailedlookatfemaleemploymenttrendswithindifferentsectorsoftheeconomyinthenextsubsection.

ComparingtheFLPRacrosseducationlevels,weseeaU-shapedrelationship(inbothruralandurbanareas);wheretheFLPRreachesitsnadirforwomenhavingachievedsecondary/highersecondaryeducationandisrelativelyhigherfortheoppositeends(Figure5a).Inbothrural(59%),andurban(48%)areas,itishighestforwomenwhohaveearnedadiplomaorcertificate.Thosewithapostgraduatedegreeorabovecomenext(47%inurbanareasand42%inruralareas).

LookingattheFLPRacrossmaritalstatus,wefindthatmarriedwomenhaveasignificantlyhigherFLPRthanwomenwhohaveneverbeenmarriedinruralareasandalmostsimilarparticipationratewithinurbanareas.(Figure5b).OnanalyzingtheFLPRbyagegroup(Figure6),weseethattheFLPRisthehighest

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(approximately55%)withintheagesubsetof35–54fortheruraleconomy.However,fortheurbaneconomy,theFLPRisuniformlydistributedacrossallagecategories.Thus,onecaninferthattheFLPRishighlyskewedtowardmiddle-agecategoriesintheruralareas,butmoremoderatelydistributedacrossawideragecohortintheurbancontext.

2.2SectoralIndicators

Asdiscussedearlier,FLPRamongwomenworkersgrewatamuchfasterpaceinruralareasascomparedwiththeurbanregionsofthecountryfrom2017–2018to2021–2022.Thebulk(80%)ofthisincreaseinruralareashasbeenduetotheincreaseinemploymentofwomeninagriculture.Incontrast,theincreaseinurbanareasisspreadacrossawiderangeofsectorsincludingmanufacturingandrelatedindustries;trade,retailandwholesaleservices;agriculture;andbusinessandprofessionalservices.Thus,whiletheoverallemploymentrateisonlyametric,itiscriticaltounderstandthequalityofjobsthatwomenareengagedin.Asectoralanalysisacrossruralandurbanareasprovidesasnapshotofthedifferentindustriesinwhichthefemalelaborforceisinvolved.

AsshowninFigure7,intheruraleconomy,76%ofthejobsforwomenareintheagriculturalsector(having

increasedfrom73%in2017–2018),while8%ofthewomenareemployedacrossmanufacturingindustries.Attheurbanlevel,thefemaleworkforceismorebroadlydistributedacrossvarioussectors.Manufacturingandrelatedindustriesmakeuproughly25%offemaleemployment,closelyfollowedbyserviceindustrieslikeeducation(12%);trade,retailandwholesale(12%);householdservices(10%);andbusinessandprofessionalservices(9%).Interestingly,agricultureonlyaccountsfor11%offemaleemploymentinurbanIndia.Apartfromafewoutliers,thestate-wisedistributionoffemaleemploymentbyindustry(FigureA2.1intheonlineAppendix2)showsasimilartrend,whichisconsistentwiththenationaltrend.

GiventhatthemanufacturingsectorisamajoremployerofwomeninIndia,wefurtherdisaggregatetheemploymenttrendswithinmanufacturingandrelatedindustriesforurbanandruralIndia(Figure8).Thetrendisuniformacrossbothruralandurbancontexts,withavastmajorityoffemalejobsbeingconcentratedintextiles;leatherandapparel;andfood,beverages,andtobaccoindustries.Withintheseindustries,thelargestsharesoffemaleemploymentareinapparelmanufacturingandtobacco.Otherimportantindustriesincludemetalandpaper-basedproductindustriesinruralareasandminingaswellaschemicalandpharmaceuticalindustriesinurbanareas.

Figure7:ShareofFemaleEmploymentbyIndustry,2021–2022(%)

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Figure8:ShareofFemaleEmploymentinManufacturingandRelatedIndustries,2021–2022(%)

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Wealsolookatgenderratios6acrossruralandurbanIndia(Figure9).Atanationallevel,womencontributeto23%oftotalemploymentinurbanareasand32%oftotalemploymentinruralareas.Withinbothruralandurbanareas,industrieslikeagriculture,education,healthcare,

andhouseholdserviceshaveahighergenderratiothanthenationalaverage.

Lookingatwages,weseethatwomeninurbanareasmake,onaverage,2.15timesasmuchaswomenin

Figure9:GenderRatiobyIndustry,2021–2022)(%)

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ruralareas.Thiswagedifferenceisprimarilydrivenbythesectorsinwhichwomenfindemploymentinboththeregions.Itisthereforeusefultocomparetherelativewagesoffemaleworkersinruralandurbanareasaccordingtotheirindustryofemployment.

Figure10showsthedifferentialbetweenthewageaccruedbywomenworkersineachindustryrelativetothemeanwageofwomenworkersinruralandurbanareas,respectively.Weobservethatwomenworkersinagricultureandhouseholdservicesreceive,onaverage,awagethatislowerthanthemeanwageofwomeninbothruralandurbanareas.Giventhatboththeseindustriescomprise77%and21%oftotalwomenemployedintheseregions,respectively,thereisanurgentneedtoshiftwomentohigher-payingindustries,particularlyinruralareas.Whilelookingatservices,industriessuchaseducation,healthcare,businessandprofessionalservices,andpublicadministrationprovidewomenwithafarbetterwagethantheaverageinbothruralandurbanareas.Withinmanufacturingandrelatedindustries,wefindthatwomenearnlessthantheaverageinbothruralandurbanareas.Thiscouldbeafunctionofthetypeofindustriesinmanufacturingwherewomenareemployed.AsFigure11illustrates,thenegativewagedifferentialofmanufacturingindustriesisprimarilydrivenbyfood,beverage,andtobacco;andtextiles,leather,andapparelindustries,wherethevastmajorityofwomenareemployedinbothruralandurbanareas.

Figure11:MeanFemaleWageofWorkersinManufacturingIndustriesRelativetoFemaleWorkersinIndia,2021–2022(%)

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2.3OccupationalIndicators

Welookatthedistributionoffemaleworkersacrossoccupationstogetsomeinsightsregardingtheprofessionswherewomenareemployed.WetaketheNationalOccupationClassificationof2015(NCO-2015)asourstandardclassificationforthisanalysis.Wepresentresultsatanaggregatedivisionlevel(one-digitlevel)forwomenworkersacrossruralandurbanareas(descriptionofsuchareavailableinAppendix1,TableA1.1).Amoredisaggregatedtrend(three-digitlevel)canbefoundinTableA2.3intheonlineAppendix2.

Accordingtoourresults,ahighproportionoffemalejobsinruralareasareinagricultureandrelatedoccupations(Figure12).Thisisfollowedbyelementaryoccupationsandcraftworkers.AsseeninTableA3,evenwithinelementaryoccupations,thelargestnumberofwomenareemployedasagriculturallaborers.Otheroccupationsthatemployalargeshareofwomeninruralareasincludeconstructionandmininglaborers,shopsalespersons,andgarmentworkers.

Withinurbanareas,thefemaleworkforceisemployedacrossamorediversesetofoccupations.Figure12showsthatalargenumberofwomenworkersinurbanareasareemployedinelementaryoccupation,serviceandsalesworkers,craft-relatedworkers,managers,and

professionals.Withineachoftheseoccupationaldivisions,thereareanumberofsubgroupswherewomenworkersareconcentrated.AsshowninTableA3,asubstantialnumberofwomeninelementaryoccupationsareengagedasdomestic,hotelandofficecleaners,andfactorylaborers.Intheserviceandsalesdivision,womenareinoccupationssuchasshopsalespersonsandcooks.Womenareengagedasgarmentandhandicraftworkersincraftandrelatedtradesdivision.Amongprofessionals,womenareconcentratedintheeducationindustryasprimaryandsecondaryschoolteachers.Remarkably,morethan1outof20femaleworkersinurbanareasareinatopmanagementoccupationsuchasdirectororchiefexecutiveofficerofacompany.

Lookingatthewagesaccruedbyfemaleworkersacrossoccupationaldivisions(Figure13),wefindthatmanagers,professionals,technicians,andclericalworkersaccrueahigherwagethanthemeanwageinbothruralandurbanareasinthecountry.Agricultureandcraftworkers,ontheotherhand,earnlessthanthenationalaverageinbothruralandurbanareas.Thepictureissplitforelementaryoccupations,wherewomenworkersreceivealower-than-averagewageinurbanareas,butanabove-averagewageinruralareas.ThiscouldbebecausethevastmajorityofjobsinruralIndiaareforagriculturalworkers,whichlowerstheaveragewage.

Figure12:FemaleEmploymentbyOccupation,2021–2022(%)

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