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Gender-based violence and gender bias in schooling decision: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
Koissy-Kpein, Sandrine A. - 2015
This paper examines the impact of gender based violence against women and girls (GBV), in the environment the children live in, on school attendance, school achievement, as well as boys' and girls' dropouts. Based on the sixth phase of the Demographic and Health Surveys from 18 sub-Saharan...
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Ties that bind: The kin system as a mechanism of income-hiding between spouses in rural Ghana
Castilla, Carolina - 2013
I present a model of intra-household allocation to show that when income is not perfectly observed by both spouses, hiding of income can occur even when revelation increases bargaining power. I draw data from Ghana and exploit the variation in the degree of asymmetric information between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319817
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Forced migration and attitudes towards domestic violence: Evidence from Turkey
Gulesci, Selim - 2017
possible mechanisms through which forced migration may affect migrants' attitudes towards domestic violence. …
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Excess female mortality in Africa
Anderson, Siwan; Ray, Debraj - 2017
Relative to developed countries, there are far fewer women than men in parts of the developing world. Estimates suggest that more than 200 million women are demographically 'missing' worldwide. To explain the global 'missing women' phenomenon, research has mainly focused on excess female...
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Polygamy and female labour supply in Senegal
Cudeville, Elisabeth; Guénard, Charlotte; Robilliard, … - 2017
In this paper, we explore the links between polygyny and female labour supply in Senegal using a nationally representative survey. In a reduced-form approach, we first measure the impact of polygyny on participation using a joint model of spouse participation. The identification of the impact of...
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The economics of marriage in North Africa
Assaad, Ragui; Krafft, Caroline - 2014
Marriage is the single most important economic transaction and social transition in the lives of young people. Yet little is known about the economics of marriage in much of the developing world. This paper examines the economics of marriage in North Africa, where asymmetric rights in marriage...
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Migration and the autonomy of women left behind
Matz, Julia Anna; Mbaye, Linguère Mously - 2017
This paper investigates the impact of migration of male household heads on the autonomy of their spouses. Using panel … endogeneity inherent in the relationship using past migration as the instrument and carefully paying attention to the role of … remittances. We find consistent evidence that male migration increases female self-determination and decision-making power, and …
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Marriage, work, and migration: The role of infrastructure development and gender norms
Amirapu, Amrit; Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2019
Traditional gender norms can restrict independent migration by women, preventing them from taking advantage of economic … engage in long-distance migration-if they are wealthy enough to match with the desirable migrating grooms. Guided by a model … in which women make marriage and migration decisions jointly, we hypothesize that marriage and labour markets will be …
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Gender differences in child investment behaviour among agricultural households: Evidence from the Lesotho Child Grants Programme
Sebastian, Ashwini; de la O Campos, Ana Paula; Daidone, … - 2016
We examine the impacts of an unconditional cash transfer in Lesotho using an experimental impact evaluation design. We find that the cash transfer led to different outcomes for girls and boys, overall favouring secondary school-aged girls. Girls in this age group were less likely to miss school,...
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Intra-household inequalities in child rights and well-being: A barrier to progress?
Rodriguez Takeuchi, Laura - 2015
This paper attempts to measure the extent of inequality within households and its contribution to overall levels of inequality in child well-being. The paper analyses the distribution of resources (outcomes) between girls and boys for four indicators: nutrition, birth registration, school...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418568