Female labour, status and decision power

Catherine Bros, Véronique Gille and Francois Maniquet

No 3218, LIDAM Reprints CORE from Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

Abstract: This paper investigates the role of (perceived or own) norm cost in the relationship between female labour supply and decision power, which we define as the say that women have in major household decisions. We propose a model where female labour supply and decision power are set jointly following a bargaining process. Taking into account the fact that men may lose status when having a working wife, we show that decision power and female labour supply can be negatively correlated. We test the predictions of our model using Indian panel data. We find that the relationship is negative in contexts where the norm cost of having a working wife is high.

Keywords: Status; Decision Power; Bargaining model; Labour supply; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D10 J22 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24
Date: 2022-11-18
Note: In: Economica, 2022
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