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Fenske, James, Gupta, Bishnupriya and Yuan, Song (2022) Demographic shocks and women's labor market participation : evidence from the 1918 influenza pandemic in India. The Journal of Economic History, 82 (3). pp. 875-912. doi:10.1017/S0022050722000304 ISSN 0022-0507.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050722000304
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 influenza mortality saw a temporary increase in female labor force participation in 1921, an increase that was concentrated in the service sector. We find suggestive evidence that distress labor supply by widows and rising wages help account for this result.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 -- India, Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 -- Social aspects -- India, Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 -- Economic aspects -- India, Women -- Employment -- India -- History -- 20th century, Labor market-- India -- History -- 20th century | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | The Journal of Economic History | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0022-0507 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | September 2022 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 82 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 875-912 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0022050722000304 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | Subsequently published in revised form in The Journal of Economic History [http://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050722000304] This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution or re-use. | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 June 2022 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 17 June 2022 | ||||||||
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