measurement of poverty. For the estimation of intrahousehold distribution of resources the study relies on collective Engel curves …. For the poverty analysis, we propose a fuzzy intrahousehold index which is less sensitive to small changes around the … poverty line compared to standard FGT indices and produce more reliable results. This provides an interesting approach to …

The study examines the nature and extent of time poverty experienced by men and women in subsistence households in … Mozambique. Gender roles, shaped by patriarchal norms, place heavy work obligations on women. Time-use data from a primary … household survey in Mozambique is used for this analysis. The main findings suggest that women's labor allocation to economic …

of household education budgets incur more equal expenditures on education of boys and girls. Moreover, we test if women …'s awareness of gender equality can reduce inequality between boys and girls at the household level. We estimate these effects … that in households where women participate in children's education decisions and where women are aware of gender equality …