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Title
Demographic Shocks and Wowen's Labor Market Participation: Evidence from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in India
Creator
Creator Name
FENSKE, JAMES FENSKE, JAMES
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
University of Warwick
Creator Name
GUPTA, BISHNUPRIYA GUPTA, BISHNUPRIYA
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
University of Warwick
Creator Name
YUAN, AND SONG YUAN, AND SONG
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
University of Warwick
Editor
Contributor Name
Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University
Key Word
Demographic shock
Female labor force participation
Cultural norms
Abstract
How did the 1918 influenza pandemic affect female labor force participation in India over the short run and the medium run? We use an event-study approach at the district level and four waves of decadal census data in order to answer this question. We find that districts most adversely affected by infiuenza mortality saw a temporary increase in female labor force participation in 1921, an increase that was concentrated in the service sector. By 1931, this increase had been reversed. We find suggestive evidence that distress labor supply by widows and rising wages help account for these results.
Publisher
Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date
2020-12
Language
English(eng)
Resource Type
technical report
Version Type
VoR
Is Part OfRelation -
Related Title
Discussion paper series ; No. HIAS-E-102
Number of Pages
35
Appears in Collections
Discussion paper series / Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University
URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10086/70500