An extensive survey data set of Brazilian households is used to test whether intrahousehold gender bias affects the …

Child Labor, School Attendance, and Intrahousehold Gender Bias in Brazil Patrick M. Emerson and Andre Portela Souza An … extensive survey data set of Brazilian households is used to test whether intrahousehold gender bias affects the decisions of … general, and different specific preferences for the outcomes for their children depending on the gender of the child, the …

simultaneously increasing boys' labour input in household chores. This puts into question the existence of gender preferences in … schooling in Lesotho and suggests that impacts on child welfare are influenced by time and labour constraints and by gender …