Abstract
This paper focuses on the analysis of male, female, rural and urban work participation rate across the
districts of Rajasthan. The study reveals that in some of the districts like Baran, Jhalawar and Udaipur,
female participation rate is more than 50 percent and that of male is approx 70 percent which shows that
women’s role in improving the economic household has grown significantly. In some districts the difference
between male and female work participation rate is less than 20 percent while in some it is more than 65
percent. This paper is useful in analysis of government schemes related to employment across Rajasthan as
the districts with less gap between male and female work participation rate has more efficiently implemented
this schemes. In rural areas, women are more active as compared to men. This paper concludes that women
are not less than men when it comes to running the households and if given proper opportunity they may
dominate the men in terms of employment
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Anshu Nagori
Research Scholar, Pacific University Udaipur, (Raj.)
Dr. Rashmi Jaiswal
Supervisor, Dept. of Economics Pacific University, Udaipur, (Raj.)
Received: 02-05-2016, Accepted: 10-07-2016, Published Online: 20-07-2016