In this paper, we test if households where women participate in decisions regarding children's education and allocation … of household education budgets incur more equal expenditures on education of boys and girls. Moreover, we test if women … that in households where women participate in children's education decisions and where women are aware of gender equality …

This paper considers the relationship between international migration and gender discrimination through the lens of … decision-making power over intrahousehold resource allocation. The endogeneity of migration is addressed with a difference …-in-differences style identification strategy and a model with household fixed effects. The results suggest that while a migrant household …

various channels. Men’s migration may lead to women taking over household decisions regarding education expenditures …This paper analyses the effect of migration of men from rural areas in Pakistan on children in households “left behind …” by the migrants. Left-behind households’ expenditure on children’s education and the gendered distribution of these …

derived from a random utility maximization model of migration that accounts for migrants' gender. Instrumental variable …This is the first global study of how institutionally entrenched gender discrimination affects the gender migration gap …

derived from a random utility maximization model of migration that accounts for migrants’ gender. Instrumental variable …This is the first global study of how institutionally entrenched gender discrimination affects the gender migration gap …

women's autonomy. We examine this question in the context of ethnic variation in traditional post-marital cohabitation, i … legal reform that exogenously fostered women's access to justice and their ability to divorce. We theoretically establish … that compared to women of patrilocal tradition, matrilocal women should divorce relatively more after the reform and, for …

the collective household model, we examine the possibility that men within couples use polygyny as a threat to influence …

While, women have always ‘worked’, in their homes, in fields and in public spaces, their work has been undervalued and … invisible in national data accounting systems. Globally women are less likely than men to participate in the paid labour market …, etc. which is mostly denied to women. Also, even when they do enter the workforce, women’s work tends to mirror the roles …

various channels. Men's migration may lead to women taking over household decisions regarding education expenditures …This paper analyses the effect of migration of men from rural areas in Pakistan on children in households "left behind …" by the migrants. Left-behind households' expenditure on children's education and the gendered distribution of these …