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to those whose mothers who do not own any asset. Children of mothers who own assets are significantly less likely
to be stunted. Regression models using nutritional indicators also help to bolster the hypothesis that women’s
ownership of assets benefit children’s long term nutritional status. The analysis furthers the hypothesis that women’s
asset ownership impacts the long-term health of those children who are already relatively healthy.
916 Do they Help? Participation of Women in an Informal Sector of Odisha, India
Barsa Priyadarsinee Sahoo
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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11. Population and Economy: Demographic Dividend, Labor Market and Population Policies
Abstract
The participation of women in the labour force varies considerably across developing countries. In the case of India,
the spread of microcredit has speculated increased participation of female employment. However, the International
Labour Organisation (ILO) noticed the decreasing engagement of women in the Indian labour force. One of the
reasons may be that a significant proportion of rural women are engaged in the informal sector especially as
marginal and subsidiary labour. Most of the times the female labour is differentiated by gender and the work of
men is accorded greater value in comparison to women. The present paper studies the level of participation of
women in the brass and bell metal industry in Odisha, India and analyses the effect of their participation on the
development of the industry. The paper found that the work of female labour in brass and bell metal industry is
devalued and considered more as help in the family work and less as labour. The study also revealed that as the
brass and bell metal industry needs much physical labour and is regarded as a male-oriented industry hence the
participation of women is considered negligible in this sector.
347 Projecting the Labor Participation Rate in Iran Using the Neural Network for the
Period 2018-2028
Nasibeh Esmaeili, Hossein Mahmoudian
University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
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11. Population and Economy: Demographic Dividend, Labor Market and Population Policies
Abstract
Human labor force is believed to be one of the main factors contributing to economic growth and development
and can be examined from two different aspects of supply and demand in the labor market. Due to the importance
of labor force supply and the participation rate of the active population in Iran, the present study predicted active
population participation rates in Iran during 2018-2028. The data used in this study came from ILO statistics on
labor participation. The data which are based on robust neural network are available from 1995-2017. The ten-year
forecast was performed by MATLAB software. The results show that the participation rate of the Iranian active
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