Childbirth and women's labour market transitions in India (revised)

Rosa Abraham, Rahul Lahoti and Hema Swaminathan

No wp-2021-149, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The impact of childbirth on women's employment has been discussed extensively in the context of developed countries. Constraints on mothers' labour market participation and consequent fall in earnings are characterized as the 'motherhood penalty'. This phenomenon is relatively less explored in developing countries primarily because of the lack of suitable data. In this paper, we use primary data from India, collected via a life history calendar administered to men and women separately.

Keywords: child penalty; Childbirth; event study; India; Motherhood; Labour market participation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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