ADB亚洲开发银行：2024年印度农村的婚姻、母亲身份和妇女就业报告（英文版）

We investigate the impact of marriage and childbirth on women’s labor market participation in rural India. In the absence of panel data, we employ a novel approach using Life History Calendar data to analyze women’s labor market trajectories from age 15 onward. Our event study models reveal that marriage leads to a significant and sustained increase in women’s labor supply, particularly in informal agricultural work. This increase is more pronounced among women from poorer households and thos