Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Bhanu  Gupta
Author-Name-First: Bhanu 
Author-Name-Last: Gupta
Author-Email: bhanu.gupta@ashoka.edu.in
Author-Workplace-Name: Ashoka University
Author-Name: Kanika  Mahajan
Author-Name-First: Kanika 
Author-Name-Last: Mahajan
Author-Email: kanika.mahajan@ashoka.edu.in
Author-Workplace-Name: Ashoka University
Author-Name: Anisha Sharma
Author-Name-First: Anisha
Author-Name-Last: Sharma
Author-Email: anisha.sharma@ashoka.edu.in
Author-Workplace-Name: Ashoka University
Author-Name: Daksh Walia
Author-Name-First: Daksh
Author-Name-Last: Walia
Author-Email: daksh.walia@economics.ox.ac.uk
Author-Workplace-Name: Oxford University
Title: From Dusk Till Dawn: The Impact of Lifting Night Shift Bans on Female Employment
Abstract: We examine whether lifting a ban on the employment of female workers at night can spur firm demand for female labor. Different states in India have amended their labor regulations to remove a prohibition on the employment of female workers on night shifts in factories. Using firm-level panel data and a dynamic difference-in-differences estimator we find that following the regulatory relaxation, large firms significantly increased both the share and number of female workers. These effects are driven by larger firms operating in export-oriented industries and tighter labor markets. Our findings demonstrate that removing gender-discriminatory regulations can expand female employment and improve firm flexibility in hiring.
length: 55
Creation-Date: 20250517
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Number: 147
Handle: RePEc:ash:wpaper:147