Child gender and parental borrowing: Evidence from India

Discrimination against girls is well-documented, especially in Asia. We show that women try to level the playing field for their daughters by taking on debt. But wealth asymmetry between mothers and fathers perpetuates gender inequality across generations.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Agier, Isabelle ; Guérin, Isabelle ; Szafarz, Ariane
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 115.2012, 3, p. 363-365
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Gender \| Discrimination \| Debt \| Children \| Parents

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	D13 - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation ; J12 - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure ; O15 - Human Resources; Income Distribution; Migration ; O17 - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements ; G21 - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Mortgages ; I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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