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Non-unitary household models suggest that enhancing women's bargaining power can influence child health, a crucial determinant of human capital and economic standing throughout adulthood. We examine the effects of a policy shift, the Hindu Succession Act Amendment (HSAA), which granted...
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opportunities they present for promoting a gender-equality agenda and women's empowerment. The paper begins with a brief … context, concepts, and definitions relevant to SP policies and identifies gender-specific social and economic risks and …
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, gender, and economic development. Finally, I conclude by demonstrating that the net impacts of those biases could lead to … the ranking mechanism that a Noah-like economist would use to prioritize species with respect to gender concerns. I begin … complexity. (Originally: "Biodiversity Prioritisation and Gender" available at www.iegindia.org/workpap/wp324.pdf) …
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prioritisation is likely biased when ignoring the linkages between biodiversity, gender, and economic development. Finally, I … such prioritisation mechanisms with respect to gender concerns. I begin by defining biodiversity and how species are …
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‘threatening’ planning for Women in Development (WID) to the more ‘confrontational’ gender planning with its aspiring goal of …The concept of women’s development has now become an integral part of the development discourses and policy initiatives …. This development has been informed by a remarkable though gradual shift in the perception about women, from the stature of …
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How is prenatal sex selective behaviour influenced by the presence of cheap fetal gender identification technology and …
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Many studies have shown that obesity is a serious health problem for our society. Empirical analyses often neglect a number of methodological issues and relevant influences on health. This paper investigates empirically whether neglecting these items leads to systematically different estimates....
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The custom of bride price involves the payment of goods or cash from the groom's family to the bride's family at the time of marriage. We present a theory that views bride price as a payment in hedonic markets for marital fidelity. Data from a household survey in Uganda are used to test the...
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Using a twin research design that exploits exogenous gender variation in dizygotic twins, this paper credibly …
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This paper argues that the social institutions of lineage maintenance, patrilocality and joint families have a significant role in explaining sex differences in survival and health outcomes in rural India, even when parents do not treat boys and girls differently. Tests using panel data from...
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