Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/31667 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 536
Publisher: 
Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Abstract: 
This paper presents new evidence on the links between public-infrastructure provisioning and time allocation related to the water sector in India. An analysis of time-use data reveals that worsening public infrastructure affects market work, with evident gender differentials. The results also suggest that access to public infrastructure can lead to substitution effects in time allocation between unpaid work and market work. The broad conclusion of the paper is that public-investment policy can redress intrahousehold inequalities, in terms of labor-supply decisions, by supporting initiatives that reduce the allocation of time in nonmarket work.
Subjects: 
Time Use
Public Infrastructure
Private Costs
Water Budgets
JEL: 
J22
H54
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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