Plausibly Exogenous [1790] - Female Empowerment (12/27/2024)

LHS Variable
Female empowerment

RHS Variable
Tenure in the formal sector

Source of Exogenous Variation
Variation in duration worked from a natural experiment created by a large Indian textile firm’s decision to replace fixed-term contracts with daily employment contracts

- Sivasankaran (2014), “Work and women's marriage, fertility, and empowerment: Evidence from textile mill employment in India”