Mothers’ employment and their children’s schooling:a joint multilevel analysis for India

Francavilla, F.; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; Grilli, Leonardo

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.05.031

This paper studies the relationship between mothers’ employment and children’s schooling in India. Using the second National Family Health Survey, the results of a multilevel probit model show that the correlation between mothers’ employment and their children’s schooling is negative. Women in poorer households are more likely to work but, given the negative correlation, their additional income does not seem sufficient to enable children’s school attendance. A sensitivity analysis on wealth deciles shows that this negative relationship disappears in urban areas and becomes weaker in rural areas at the top wealth deciles.

Mothers’ employment and their children’s schooling:a joint multilevel analysis for India / F. Francavilla; G. Giannelli; L. Grilli. - In: WORLD DEVELOPMENT. - ISSN 0305-750X. - STAMPA. - 41(2013), pp. 1-13.

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Titolo:	Mothers’ employment and their children’s schooling:a joint multilevel analysis for India
Autori di Ateneo:	F. Francavilla GIANNELLI, GIANNA CLAUDIA GRILLI, LEONARDO mostra contributor esterni nascondi contributor esterni
Autori:	F. Francavilla; GIANNELLI, GIANNA CLAUDIA; GRILLI, LEONARDO
Anno di registrazione:	2013
Rivista:	WORLD DEVELOPMENT
Volume:	41
Pagina iniziale:	1
Pagina finale:	13
Abstract:	This paper studies the relationship between mothers’ employment and children’s schooling in India. Using the second National Family Health Survey, the results of a multilevel probit model show that the correlation between mothers’ employment and their children’s schooling is negative. Women in poorer households are more likely to work but, given the negative correlation, their additional income does not seem sufficient to enable children’s school attendance. A sensitivity analysis on wealth deciles shows that this negative relationship disappears in urban areas and becomes weaker in rural areas at the top wealth deciles.
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