Gil, Joan, 1966-Andrade Santacruz, José Carlos2021-07-012021-07-012021https://hdl.handle.net/2445/178740Treballs Finals del Màster d'Economia, Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona, Curs: 2020-2021, Tutor: Joan GilThis study explores the association of maternal employment on childhood nutrition in Ecuador by understanding the trade-off between the maternal time devoted to work and childcaring. I use exogenous regional variation of the labor market as an instrument. Using the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2018, I estimate the causal effect of maternal labor supply on children’s nutrition outcomes based on anthropometrics measurements. Maternal employment increases the probability of having stunted children, while I have not found any effect of maternal employment on children suffering from wasting, underweight and overweight. The results are robust and account for possible endogeneity sources.32 p.application/pdfengcc-by-nc-nd (c) Andrade, 2021http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/MaresOcupacióAlimentació infantilTreballs de fi de màsterMothersEmployment (Economic theory)Child nutritionMaster's thesesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess