The effect of parental labor supply on child schooling: evidence from trade liberalization in India

Beyza Ural Marchand, Ray Rees and Raymond Riezman

Review of Economics of the Household, 2013, vol. 11, issue 2, 173 pages

Abstract: This paper estimates the effect of changes in maternal and paternal labor supply on the schooling rates of children in India using the variation in industry-specific tariffs during a period of trade liberalization. The results show that an increase in maternal labor supplied outside of the household leads to a higher schooling probability for younger children. Specifically, a 1 day per week increase in maternal labor supply is associated with an approximately 5 % points increase in the schooling probability for children between the ages of 7 and 10. However, father’s labor supply has an insignificant effect on child schooling across all specifications. The effect for older children between the ages of 11 and 14, who face a tradeoff between schooling, market work, and domestic work, is also found to be insignificant. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013

Keywords: Child schooling; Labor supply; Trade liberalization; India; D13; J13; O12; O19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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