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The Role of Mothers-in-Law in Determining Women's Work: Evidence from India.
- Source :
- Economic Development & Cultural Change; Apr2024, Vol. 72 Issue 3, p1465-1492, 28p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- In India, a coresiding mother-in-law may restrict a woman's labor force participation as the custodian of gender-specific social norms but may also help by taking on housework responsibilities. We use the exogenous variation in the coresiding mother-in-law's death to investigate which effect dominates. We use a difference-in-differences strategy along with individual fixed effects to find a 10% decrease in women's labor force participation following their mother-in-law's death. We provide suggestive evidence to show that while mothers-in-law restrict the autonomy of their daughters-in-law, they also free up time for their daughters-in-law by sharing their housework burdens, thus allowing them to work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- WOMEN'S employment
MARRIED women
SOCIAL norms
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00130079
- Volume :
- 72
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Economic Development & Cultural Change
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177062303
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1086/724307