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+date: '2023-08-26'
+title: Empowering women to join the workforce is the easiest way to increase economic growth
+tags: [economy, startups]
+author: nithin
+link: https://twitter.com/Nithin0dha/status/1695301585767698446?s=20
+post_type: tweet
+description: Empowering women to join the workforce is an obvious way to increase our economic growth...
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+Empowering women to join the workforce is an obvious way to increase our economic growth. Our female labor force participation rate is among the lowest in the world. One thing I couldn't make sense of is why our female labor force participation (FLFP), which was in the ~30% range in the 90s, fell to 20% and rose to 24%. We have been discussing this topic on the [Rainmatter Grove](https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/womens-labour-force-participation-in-india-why-is-it-so-low/2331) and and Ashutosh from [IndiaDataHub](indiadatahub.com/) shared something interesting:
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+"The relationship between female labour participation and per capita GDP tends to be U-shaped. This is because at lower income levels, a large part of female employment (and the same holds for children) tends to be distress or need-driven. As income levels rise, this distress employment reduces, and thus female labour participation declines. And then it rises as women enter the labour force again, not due to distress, but voluntarily."
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+Check the images, the U shape (of course, with exceptions) and the FLFP % dip from the 90's.