Dhanaraj, Sowmya; Mahambare, Vidya - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2017
This paper investigates if residing in a joint family affects non-farm employment for married women in rural India. Our … regression and instrumental variable approach suggest that living in a joint family lowers married women's non-farm employment by … family. An increased education level is likely to raise women's earning capacity as well as the quality of jobs which may …