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Why should women who are enthusiastic to join workforce exit labour mkts?

Labour force participation rate among young women in the age bracket 20-24 years was 14.3 per cent in the September-December 2019 period

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Mahesh Vyas
Young women are returning to the labour force. There is action in the 20-24 year age bracket of women.

Labour force participation rate among young women in the age bracket 20-24 years was 14.3 per cent in the September-December 2019 period. This is the highest participation rate in this age bracket since demonetisation.

What is so special about this finding is that this is the only age-bracket which has seen a clear increase in the labour participation rate since demonetisation. Every other age-bracket has seen a decline. This implies that women who left the labour force post demonetisation have not
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