Scaling Up to Decrease the Divide: Firm Size and Female Employment

Pubali Chakraborty (), Kanika Mahajan (), Naveen Hari and Bipasha Maity ()
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Pubali Chakraborty: Bates College
Kanika Mahajan: Ashoka University
Bipasha Maity: Ashoka University

No 104, Working Papers from Ashoka University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Using firm and individual-level data, we provide reduced-form evidence suggesting a positive relationship between relative female employment and firm size. We then use a difference-in-difference strategy exploiting a natural experiment in Indian labor law amendments that raised firm size thresholds for regulatory compliance.

Keywords: Employment; gender; firm; size; labor; laws; regression; discontinuity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38
Date: 2025-02-20
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