Is maternal employment detrimental to children’s nutritional status? Evidence from Bangladesh

This paper explores the effect of maternal employment on the nutritional status of children below age 5 years in Bangladesh using data from the 2014 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey. Since mothers’ choice to participate in the labor market is endogenous, the estimation of the causal effect o...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Review of development economics 2022-02, Vol.26 (1), p.85-111
Hauptverfasser:	Jakaria, Mohammad, Bakshi, Rejaul Karim, Hasan, M. Mehedi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bangladesh Child care child health Child marriage Children & youth Childrens health Community health services Day care centers Employment endogeneity Endogenous Flexibility Health status Health surveys instrumental variable regression Labor force participation Labor market Maternal & child health Maternal characteristics maternal employment Nutritional status South Asia Wisdom Working hours Working mothers Workplaces
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