Mothers’ Employment and their Children’s Schooling: A Joint Multilevel Analysis for India

Francesca Francavilla (), Gianna Claudia Giannelli () and Leonardo Grilli

World Development, 2013, vol. 41, issue C, 183-195

Abstract: This paper studies the relationship between mothers’ employment and children’s schooling in India. Using the second National Family Health Survey, the results of a multilevel probit model show that the correlation between mothers’ employment and their children’s schooling is negative. Women in poorer households are more likely to work but, given the negative correlation, their additional income does not seem sufficient to enable children’s school attendance. A sensitivity analysis on wealth deciles shows that this negative relationship disappears in urban areas and becomes weaker in rural areas at the top wealth deciles.

Keywords: India; Asia; women’s employment; children’s schooling; multilevel analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.05.031

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