This paper investigates the responsiveness of women's labor supply to their husband's job loss – the so-called added …

marital disruption on data from the nationally – representative 2009 Family and Social Subjects survey. We found that the … increasing presence of first mover migrant women (coming from Latin America and Eastern Europe) is associated with higher … separation risks among natives, especially for couples with lower human capital. Our findings add to our understanding of family …

I examine how one central aspect of the childhood family environment – sibling gender composition – affects women … estimate the effect of having a second-born brother relative to a sister for first-born women. The results show that women with …

This paper discusses research on the relationship between fertility and women's labour force participation. It surveys … importance of distinguishing between extensive and intensive margin changes in both variables; consideration not only of women … of analysing changes across the lifecycle and across successive cohorts; and of recognizing that women's choices over …

Son preference is widespread in a number of developing countries. Anecdotal evidence suggests that women may contribute …

-strand programs can help to explain the paradox as to why nearly 100 million women (in India alone) have participated in self help …This paper offers an evaluation of a supported women's self help program with over 1.5 million participants in one of … the poorest rural regions of the world (Uttar Pradesh, India). Methodologically, it shows how indicators from the direct …

In this paper, we make an attempt to understand whether low labour market returns to education in India are responsible … level data of India for the year 2011–12 is used to examine the relationship between educational attainment and labour … market participation through gender lens. Results show that women's education has a U-shaped relationship with paid work …

This study analyses employment transitions of working-age women in India. The puzzling issue of low labour force … factors in explaining the declining workforce participation of women in India. We also explore other individual and household … participation despite substantial economic growth, strong fertility decline and expanding female education in India has been studied …

This paper provides a framework for analyzing constraints that apply specifically to women, which theory suggests may … have negative impacts on child outcomes (as well as on women). We classify women's constraints into four dimensions: (i … women's constraints on child outcomes using nationally representative household Demographic and Health Survey data from …