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Demographic Shocks and Wowen's Labor Market Participation: Evidence from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in India

James Fenske, Bishnupriya Gupta and And Song Yuan

No HIAS-E-102, Discussion paper series from Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University

Abstract: How did the 1918 influenza pandemic affect female labor force participation in India over the short run and the medium run? We use an event-study approach at the district level and four waves of decadal census data in order to answer this question. We find that districts most adversely affected by infiuenza mortality saw a temporary increase in female labor force participation in 1921, an increase that was concentrated in the service sector. By 1931, this increase had been reversed. We find suggestive evidence that distress labor supply by widows and rising wages help account for these results.

Keywords: Demographic shock; Female labor force participation; Cultural norms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2020-12
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