This study aims to explore different influencing factors on women’s work and family roles in the lower socio-economic strata of Indian cultural environment.

The results of my statistical analysis revealed that only two variables (the number of days per year with thunderstorms and the total water equivalent precipitation) exhibited significant relationships with the percentage of work commuters who cycled or walked. Furthermore, the number of days per year with thunderstorms exhibited a strong inverse relationship, meaning that thunderstorms deterred workers from cycling or walking to work.

My results confirm theoretical and economic theories, as well as findings from existing literature. It is of upmost importance to study these relationships as they explain much of the labor force participation rates around the world.

LABOR MARKET EFFECT’S OF DEMOGRAPHIC AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN TAIWAN: RETURNS TO EDUCATION, WAGE INEQUALITY AND WOMEN’S LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION It seems that parents are sorting on some characteristics of school districts, though not on anything that serves to increase student performance conditional on individual and peer characteristics.