Journal article
The effect of parental labor supply on child schooling: evidence from trade liberalization in India
Review of economics of the household, Vol.11(2), pp.151-173
06/01/2013
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-013-9175-z
Abstract
This paper estimates the effect of changes in maternal and paternal labor supply on the schooling rates of children in India using the variation in industry-specific tariffs during a period of trade liberalization. The results show that an increase in maternal labor supplied outside of the household leads to a higher schooling probability for younger children. Specifically, a 1 day per week increase in maternal labor supply is associated with an approximately 5 % points increase in the schooling probability for children between the ages of 7 and 10. However, father's labor supply has an insignificant effect on child schooling across all specifications. The effect for older children between the ages of 11 and 14, who face a tradeoff between schooling, market work, and domestic work, is also found to be insignificant.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The effect of parental labor supply on child schooling: evidence from trade liberalization in India
- Creators
- Beyza Ural Marchand - University of AlbertaRay Rees - Institut für Urheber- und MedienrechtRaymond Riezman - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Review of economics of the household, Vol.11(2), pp.151-173
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11150-013-9175-z
- ISSN
- 1569-5239
- eISSN
- 1573-7152
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 23
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/2013
- Academic Unit
- Economics
- Record Identifier
- 9984963097902771
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