How does local labour demand affect Indonesian women's empowerment within their households?

This seminar uses Bartik labour demand measures to look at the relationship between labour market opportunities and women's decision-making power. Labour demand is calculated using both household level labour force survey data and large and medium-firm census data. Household decision power is calculated using direct information on who makes decisions in the household.

The study finds that increases in labour demand for women in the manufacturing sector improves their intra-household decision power considerably, especially for children’s health and clothes. Contrary to bargaining theories, this effect does not extend to women who do not work. Increases for men decrease women’s household decision power.

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This seminar is part of the ACDE Trade & Development Seminars at the Crawford School of Public Policy