The penalty of work from home: gender gap in productivity of unorganised manufacturing firms in India.

ABSTRACT: This study estimates the contribution of gendered social norms in explaining the gender gap in productivity of unorganised manufacturing firms. Restrictions on mobility and burden of household work mean that female firm-owners primarily operate from their household premises. Using data from unorganised firms operating in the manufacturing sector in India, this paper finds gender gap in firm productivity. The Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition at mean show that despite controlling for size of the firm, assets and other conventional factors, the location of a female proprietary firm within the household premises of the owner explains 19% of the observed gender gap in productivity. The RIF decomposition results show that at the different quartiles, this contribution varies from 19 to 36% of the com

SUBMITTER: Bose S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9116277 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature