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Labor force participation of rural women and the household’s nutrition: Panel data evidence from SAT India

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102117
doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102117
 
Title Labor force participation of rural women and the household’s nutrition: Panel data evidence from SAT India
 
Creator Sangwan, N
Shalander, K
 
Subject Semi-Arid Tropics
Food and Nutrition
Agricultural Economics
Gender Research
 
Description This paper investigates the role of women’s labor force participation in the household’s dietary diversity and the
value of home-production. Using unique household panel data from Semi-Arid tropics of India, empirical estimations
from a household fixed effects model reveal a positive significant effect of workdays of women on dietary
diversity (overall and home-produced) and home-production. Our findings highlight a significant
heterogeneity in the effect by type of work—paid and unpaid. The results for paid work are driven by a greater
decision-making power emanating from labor force participation of women. Unpaid work, on the other hand,
operates through the self-consumption of home-produced goods. We show that correcting for endogenous labor
force participation of women leaves our conclusions unchanged. The results suggest that interventions boosting
female labor force participation in paid activities are nutrition enhancing for the household and work towards
improving women’s bargaining power within the household. Moreover, we rule out deleterious effects on health
indicators of women despite increased time burden.
 
Publisher Elsevier Science Ltd
 
Date 2021-05
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11843/1/1Food%20Policy_Female%20LF%20participation_published.pdf
Sangwan, N and Shalander, K (2021) Labor force participation of rural women and the household’s nutrition: Panel data evidence from SAT India. Food Policy (TSI), 102. pp. 1-13. ISSN 0306-9192