Child disability and maternal work participation : new evidence from India

Gupta, Prachi and Das, Upasak and Singh, Ashish (2013) Child disability and maternal work participation : new evidence from India. Discussion Paper. Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

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Abstract

Using data from the India Human Development Survey, this paper analyses the relationship between child disability and maternal work participation for India. The authors’ findings suggest a significant positive relationship between child disability and the work participation of the urban mothers who are wives of household heads. These mothers are 1.27 times as likely to participate in labour market as mothers (wives in urban areas) without a disabled child. However, for the same mothers, child disability significantly affects the weekly work hours of those participating in the labour market in a negative manner with presence of a disabled child reducing the weekly work hours by 3.6 hours. For the rural mothers and the mothers in urban areas who are household heads, our findings do not suggest any significant association between child disabilities and their work participation (or weekly work hours).

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Authors:	Gupta, Prachi and Das, Upasak and Singh, Ashish
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Child disability; maternal work participation; India
Subjects:	Social sciences > Economics > Labor economics
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > University Publications > Discussion Paper
Full Text Status:	Public
Related URLs:	Google Scholar
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/290
Publisher URL:	http://azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/SitePages/pdf/d...

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