. We randomly selected households that had at least two school-age children (6–18 years) of different genders. Parents …Using experimental techniques, we identify parental attitudes toward different-gendered children in rural Bangladesh … toward children of a specific gender; 2) neither parent is systematically biased; 3) there are no significant differences in …

This paper investigates whether parents’ inherent gender bias is associated with intrahousehold human capital … investment among boys and girls. We conduct an artifactual field experiment to identify parents’ inherent gender bias and then … attempt to examine how this attitude correlates with the actual decisions regarding schooling and health of their own children …