Maternal employment and children's outcomes: Evidence from Indonesia

Ervin Dervisevic, Maria Lo Bue and Elizaveta Perova

No wp-2021-186, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Is maternal employment beneficial or harmful for child development? Maternal employment generates income, which is needed to provide core inputs for children's health and education. However, maternal employment comes at the cost of time spent with children, which is also a critical input into children's development. The net impact is therefore theoretically ambiguous. Maternal employment, through mothers' exposure to wider social networks and greater bargaining may also be associated with how the family uses income.

Keywords: Child development; Indonesia; Female labour force participation; Health outcomes; Child education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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