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Das Gupta, Monica; Chung, Woojin; Shuzhuo, Li - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009

The apparently inexorable rise in the proportion of"missing girls"in much of East and South Asia has attracted much attention amongst researchers and policy-makers. An encouraging trend was suggested by the case of South Korea, where child sex ratios were the highest in Asia but peaked in the...

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Intrahousehold inequality and child gender bias in Ethiopia

Koohi-Kamali, Feridoon - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008

The Rothbarth model of intrahousehold resource allocation has consistently failed to detect child gender bias in many applications over the past two decades. This paper challenges the current consensus that the Rothbarth method is not effective in revealing child gender bias from consumption...

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The economics of consanguineous marriages

Do, Quy-Toan; Iyer, Sriya; Joshi, Shareen - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2006

The institution of consanguineous marriage-a marriage contracted between close biological relatives-has been a basic building block of many societies in different parts of the world. This paper argues that the practice of consanguinity is closely related to the practice of dowry, and that both...

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Does Hepatitis B infection or son preference explain the bulk of gender imbalance in China ? : a review of the evidence

Das Gupta, Monica - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008

China has a large deficit of females, and public policies have sought to reduce the son preference that is widely believed to cause this. Recently a study has suggested that up to 75 percent of this deficit is attributable to hepatitis B infection, indicating that immunization programs should...

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Gender equality, poverty and economic growth

Morrison, Andrew; Raju, Dhushyanth; Sinha, Nistha - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2007

This paper reviews empirical findings from economic analyses of the role of gender equality and women's empowerment in reducing poverty and stimulating growth. Going beyond the large literature documenting the impact of female education on a range of development outcomes, the paper presents...

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The foreign-born population in the European Union and its contribution to national tax and benefit systems : some insights from recent household survey data

Barbone, Luca; Bontch-Osmolovsky, Misha; Zaidi, Salman - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009

Despite the purported surge in internal migration following the 2004 enlargement of the European Union, data from the 2006 European Union Survey of Income and Living Conditions show that internal migrants are a relatively small share of the European Union's population. Depending on the exact...

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Why is son preference declining in South Korea ? the role of development and public policy, and the implications for China and India

Chung, Woojin; Das Gupta, Monica - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2007

For years, South Korea presented the puzzling phenomenon of steeply rising sex ratios at birth despite rapid development, including in women's education and formal employment. This paper shows that son preference decreased in response to development, but its manifestation continued until the...

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The effect of male migration for work on employment patterns of females in nepal

Lokshin, Michael; Glinskaya, Elena - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008

This paper assesses the impact of work-related migration by males on the labor market behavior of females in Nepal. Using data from the 2004 Nepal household survey, the authors apply the Instrumental Variable Full Information Maximum Likelihood method to account for unobserved factors that could...

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Women's decision making power and human development : evidence from Pakistan

Hou, Xiaohui - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2011

When deciding who should receive welfare benefits with the aim to increase household well-being, it is necessary to understand the effects of the distribution of power within the households at which the aid is directed. Two primary household models have been used to study intra-household...

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Disability, poverty and schooling in developing countries : results from eleven household surveys

Filmer, Deon - World Bank Group - 2005

This paper analyzes the relationship between whether a young person has a disability, the poverty status of their … the population is identified as having a disability. Youth with disabilities sometimes live in poorer households, but the … schooling attainment. The order of magnitude of the school participation disability deficit is often larger than those …

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