Family structure, education and women's employment in rural India

Sowmya Dhanaraj and Vidya Mahambare ()

No wp-2017-195, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper investigates if residing in a joint family affects non-farm employment for married women in rural India. Our estimates based on a longitudinal survey of over 27000 women conducted in 2005 and 2012, and using the conditional logistic regression and instrumental variable approach suggest that living in a joint family lowers married women's non-farm employment by more than 10 percentage points. The adverse impact is higher for younger women, for women from families with higher social status, and for those residing in Northern India.

Keywords: Non-farm employment; Family structure; Female autonomy; Rural areas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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Journal Article: Family structure, education and women’s employment in rural India (2019)
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