Afridi, Farzana; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop; Sahoo, Soham - In: IZA journal of labor & development 5 (2016) 7, pp. 1-27
We exploit the implementation of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to identify exogenous shifts in … mothers' labor force participation and its impact on their children's educational outcomes. Using child level panel data, we … find that a mother's participation in the labor force increases her children's time spent in school and leads to better …
