Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/260103 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2014:4
Publisher: 
Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Lund
Abstract: 
Despite the perceived importance of labor market opportunities in shaping married women's outside option, and their bargaining power within households as a result, this link has received very little empirical attention. Using longitudinal data on who makes the decision on a wide range of issues within Mexican households and data from the administrative records of the Mexican Social Security Institute, this paper identifies the effects of relative changes in labor market opportunities for men and women on both working and non-working women's decision making power. The implications for children's health are also investigated. Using the differential effects of China's admission to the WTO across Mexican industries, I check the robustness of my results.
Subjects: 
Bargaining power
Labor demand
Women
China
JEL: 
D13
J13
J16
J23
O14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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