Younger children and mothers’ labour supply in rural India: Evidence from fertility stopping behaviour

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14560%2F24%3A00136318" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14560/24:00136318 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12546-024-09339-w" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12546-024-09339-w</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12546-024-09339-w" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12546-024-09339-w</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Younger children and mothers’ labour supply in rural India: Evidence from fertility stopping behaviour

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper estimates the causal effect of having young children aged 0 to 5 years on mothers’ labour force participation in rural India. To address the potential endogeneity in the fertility decision, I exploit Indian families’ preference for having sons. I leverage exogenous variation in the gender of older children aged 6+ years as an instrumental variable for having younger children aged 0 to 5 years in the family. IV estimates show that the mothers’ participation is significantly reduced by 9.9% due to the presence of young children aged 0 to 5 years in the household, with the negative effect mostly driven by mothers belonging to the highest income quartile; mothers with high education; and mothers residing in nuclear families. The findings highlight the need for investment in high-skilled jobs and formal childcare facilities to encourage mothers’ labour supply. Using the testable implications for the generalizability of LATE discussed in Angrist (2004), I show that the estimated causal effect is homogenous across compliers, always takers, and never takers and thus, generalizable to the whole population of interest.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Younger children and mothers’ labour supply in rural India: Evidence from fertility stopping behaviour

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper estimates the causal effect of having young children aged 0 to 5 years on mothers’ labour force participation in rural India. To address the potential endogeneity in the fertility decision, I exploit Indian families’ preference for having sons. I leverage exogenous variation in the gender of older children aged 6+ years as an instrumental variable for having younger children aged 0 to 5 years in the family. IV estimates show that the mothers’ participation is significantly reduced by 9.9% due to the presence of young children aged 0 to 5 years in the household, with the negative effect mostly driven by mothers belonging to the highest income quartile; mothers with high education; and mothers residing in nuclear families. The findings highlight the need for investment in high-skilled jobs and formal childcare facilities to encourage mothers’ labour supply. Using the testable implications for the generalizability of LATE discussed in Angrist (2004), I show that the estimated causal effect is homogenous across compliers, always takers, and never takers and thus, generalizable to the whole population of interest.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50402 - Demography

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/LX22NPO5101" target="_blank" >LX22NPO5101: Národní institut pro výzkum socioekonomických dopadů nemocí a systémových rizik</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Journal of Population Research

ISSN

1443-2447

e-ISSN

1835-9469

Svazek periodika

41

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

AU - Austrálie

Počet stran výsledku

46

Strana od-do

1-46

Kód UT WoS článku

001257491600001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85197353501