Is pro-labor law pro-women? Evidence from India

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Is pro-labor law pro-women? Evidence from India

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

I study the effects of state-level differences in labor regulation on labor market outcomes of women in India. Using a representative sample of urban households from 2005, I find that labor regulation has a large negative effect on women?s economic activity, mainly employment. My estimates suggest that a one standard deviation increase in the labor regulation measure decreases the probability of a woman being economically active by 3% to 4%?the implied decrease in female labor force is between 15% and 18%. The effects on men?s participation are around zero. I do not find labor regulation to have a significant effect on male wages or on the gender wage gap. Finally, labor regulation is associated with women having less say at home and a lower sex ratio.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Is pro-labor law pro-women? Evidence from India

Popis výsledku anglicky

I study the effects of state-level differences in labor regulation on labor market outcomes of women in India. Using a representative sample of urban households from 2005, I find that labor regulation has a large negative effect on women?s economic activity, mainly employment. My estimates suggest that a one standard deviation increase in the labor regulation measure decreases the probability of a woman being economically active by 3% to 4%?the implied decrease in female labor force is between 15% and 18%. The effects on men?s participation are around zero. I do not find labor regulation to have a significant effect on male wages or on the gender wage gap. Finally, labor regulation is associated with women having less say at home and a lower sex ratio.

Druh

O - Ostatní výsledky

CEP obor

AH - Ekonomie

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GAP402%2F12%2F2172" target="_blank" >GAP402/12/2172: Využití legislativních reforem v České republice k zodpovězení obecných otázek o vlivu represe na nezákonné chování</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2013

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů