> If India could get female employment up to the same rate as Sweden (69%) it could potentially generate an extra $7 trillion – approximately 79% of India’s GDP.<p>Sounds like "more blood for the blood god" - treating employment as an inherent good. The opportunity to work is good, but being compelled to work due to economic conditions isn't. A few people <i>get</i> to work on fulfilling careers, but most people <i>have</i> to work, despite how it's being sold.
The US and Austria had lowered participation of women in the workforce and that makes them worse places for women to work? What kind of logic is that?<p>By that logic one might say that rising wages were bad for workers because it reduces the percentage of the population that work a second job!