Female labor force participation and child education in India: The Effect of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

Farzana Afridi, Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay and Soham Sahoo

Discussion Papers from Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi

Abstract: The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) of India mandates 1/3rd of beneficiaries to be women and equal wages across gender. We study its impact on children's educational attainment via women's increased access to labor market opportunities. Using child level panel data, and taking advantage of the temporal, subdistrict level variation in the intensity of implementation of the NREGS, we find that a rise in mother's share in parental NREGS workdays increases school attendance and grade attainment of her children, particularly girls. This impact is over and above any income effect induced by the scheme.

Keywords: labor; education; gender; bargaining (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I38 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 49 pages
Date: 2013-01
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Working Paper: Female Labour Force Participation and Child Education in India: The Effect of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (2012)
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