Are women overrepresented among the poor?

This paper presents new evidence on the proportion of women in poverty in ten developing countries. It compares poverty measures for males and females and male- and female-headed households, and investigates the sensitivity of these measures to the use of per-capita and per-adult equivalent units and different definitions of the poverty line.

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Year of publication:	2001
Authors:	Quisumbing, Agnes R. ; Haddad, Lawrence James ; Peña, Christine
Institutions:	International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Subject:	Gender issues \| Developing countries \| Poverty

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Series:	FCND briefs.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	The text is part of a series FCND Discussion Paper Brief Number 115
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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