In recent years, news about the declining number of women in the workforce in India has surprised economists and feminists. The downward trend has been a bit of a mystery. After all, during a period of rapid economic growth more women should be out there working. Why would they stay at home?
Surprisingly, this phenomenon isn’t limited to India. It extends to other countries in Asia, a dynamic economic region. Now a new book, Transformation of Women at Work in Asia: An Unfinished Development Agenda, unravels this puzzle. It critically examines why women’s participation. . .
