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Manufacturing growth and the lives of Bangladeshi women

Heath, Rachel; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq - 2014

We study the effects of explosive growth in the Bangladeshi ready-made garments industry on the lives on Bangladeshi women. We compare the marriage, childbearing, school enrollment and employment decisions of women who gain greater access to garment sector jobs to women living further away from...

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Women empowerment in Bangladesh : household decisions under development of non-farm sectors and microfinance institutions

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Is son preference disappearing from Bangladesh?

Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Mansoor, Nazia; Randazzo, Teresa - 2020

show, using data from a purposefully designed nationally representative survey for Bangladesh, that among women of … childbearing age, son bias in stated fertility preferences has weakened and there is an emerging preference for gender balance. We … analysis, we show that in contrast to stated fertility preferences, actual fertility decisions are still shaped by son …

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