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The gendered nature of asset accumulation in urban contexts : longitudinal results from Guayaquil, Ecuador
Moser, Caroline O. N.; Felton, Andrew - 2010
methodological approach. -- gender ; assets ; asset accumulation ; urban … time. This paper seeks to examine the relationship not only between gender and urban income poverty but also, more … importantly, between gender and urban asset accumulation, illustrating how the combination of quantitative econometric measurement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008660831
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Marriage, work and migration : the role of infrastructure development and gender norms
Amirapu, Amrit; Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2018
Traditional gender norms can restrict independent migration by women, thus preventing them from taking advantage of … economic opportunities in urban non-agricultural industries. However, women may be able to circumvent such restrictions by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011910970
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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 … opportunities in urban non-agricultural industries. However, women may be able to circumvent such restrictions by using marriage to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012129346
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Las relaciones de género entre la población rural del Ecuador, Guatemala y México
Ortega Ponce, Liudmila - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010206271
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How families matter for understanding economic inequality
Santos, Cézar; Tertilt, Michele - 2023
In this paper we discuss the importance of families for understanding economic inequality. Family structure can in principle be an amplifier or mitigator of economic inequality. We describe three channels on how families shape economic inequality. First, how people match to form families matters...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014546250
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Remittances and gender : theoretical considerations and empirical evidence
Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - 2011
In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826713
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Spousal employment and intra-household bargaining power
Antman, Francisca M. - 2014
This paper considers the relationship between work status and decision-making power of the head of household and his spouse. I use household fixed effects models to address the possibility that spousal work status may be correlated with unobserved factors that also affect bargaining power within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010364497
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On the quantity and quality of girls : new evidence on abortion, fertility, and parental investments
Anukriti, S; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Tam, Hiu - 2016
, and the relative chances of girls surviving after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543967
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The theory of differential overqualifications : does it work?
Büchel, Felix; Battu, Harminder - 2002
The theory of differential overqualification, developed by Robert Frank (1978), claims that married women in smaller labor markets have a higher risk of working in jobs for which they are overqualified. This stems from the problem of dual job search for couples which is much more difficult to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411661
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To invest or not to invest in sanitation : the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power
Augsburg, Britta; Malde, Bansi; Olorenshaw, Harriet; … - 2021
how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801992