Labor Market Opportunities and Women's Decision Making Power within Households
Labor Market Opportunities and Women's Decision Making Power within Households
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10.1016/j.jdeveco.2015.10.002
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2016-03
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Kaveh Majlesi
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作者：
Kaveh Majlesi
尽管人们认为劳动力市场机会对于塑造已婚妇女的外部选择以及她们在家庭中的讨价还价能力很重要，但这种联系很少受到实证关注。本文利用关于墨西哥家庭中一系列问题的决策者的纵向数据以及墨西哥社会保障研究所行政记录的数据，确定了男性和女性劳动力市场机会的相对变化对工作和非工作妇女决策权的影响。我发现劳动力市场机会的增加可以提高妇女的决策权以及儿童的健康。利用中国加入世贸组织引起的墨西哥各行业不同的劳动力需求冲击得出了类似的结果。
Despite the perceived importance of labor market opportunities in shaping married women's outside option, and their bargaining power within households as a result, this link has received very little empirical attention. Using longitudinal data on who makes the decision on a wide range of issues within Mexican households and data from the administrative records of the Mexican Social Security Institute, this paper identifies the effects of relative changes in labor market opportunities for men and women on both working and non-working women's decision making power. I find that increases in labor market opportunities improve women's decision-making power as well as children's health. Using differential labor demand shocks across Mexican industries caused by China's admission to the WTO gives similar results.