Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/196694 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12196
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper provides a framework for analyzing constraints that apply specifically to women, which theory suggests may have negative impacts on child outcomes (as well as on women). We classify women's constraints into four dimensions: (i) domestic physcial and psychological abuse, (ii) low influence on household decisions, (iii) restrictions on mobility, and (iv) limited information access. Each of these constraints are in principle determined within households. We test the impact of women's constraints on child outcomes using nationally representative household Demographic and Health Survey data from India, including 53,030 mothers and 113,708 children, collected in 2015-16. Outcomes are measured as multidimensional deprivations, utilizing UNICEF's Multidimensional Overlapping Deprivation Analysis index, incorporating deficiencies in children's access to water, sanitation, housing, healthcare, nutrition, education and information. We identify causal impacts using a Lewbel specification and present an array of additional econometric strategies and robustness checks. We find that children of women who are subjected to domestic abuse, have low influence in decision making, and limited freedom of mobility are more likely to be deprived.
Subjects: 
child deprivations
MODA
child health
child nutrition
education
bargaining
empowerment
domestic abuse
mobility restrictions
information access
gendered constraints
multidimensional measurement
Lewbel estimation
instrumental variables
matching
JEL: 
I15
I25
I32
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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