New Delhi, May 10 -- India's female labour market may be on the cusp of a structural upgrade, with education, household agency and social mobility driving a gradual shift from casual to regular wage employment, a research report by SBI Research showed.

The trend points to a more resilient workforce in the coming years, even as disparities across education levels, geography and social groups persist.

SBI Research's unit-level analysis using a multinomial logit model shows that female household heads have a 4.4 per cent higher probability of being in regular wage work and a 4.2 per cent lower probability of being in casual labour, with little change in self-employment.

The pattern is more pronounced in urban areas, where headship is link...