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Education and gender
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Terror as a bargaining instrument: a case study of dowry violence in rural India
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F. Bloch; V. Rao
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Gendernet, World Bank,
2000
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In India, domestic violence is frequently used as a bargaining instrument, to extract larger dowries from a wife's family, after the marriage has taken placeIn this paper, Bloch and Rao examine th...
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Are all men benefiting from the new economy? Male economic marginalization in Argentina, Brazil, and Costa Rica
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O. Arias
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Gendernet, World Bank,
2000
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There is an increasing concern that the process of extensive reforms affecting the Latin America region may have deeper social ramifications in terms of gender as the new economies strain the capabili...
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Household structure, gender, and the economic determinants of school attendance in Argentina
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W. Sosa Escudero; M. Marchionni
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Gendernet, World Bank,
1999
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The focus on educational policies is a key element for both the government of Argentina and the opposition so the relevant question is not whether, but how to invest more in education.This paper ex...
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Intrahousehold allocation and gender relations: new empirical evidence
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A. R. Quisumbing; J. A. Maluccio
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Gendernet, World Bank,
1999
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Paper reviews recent theory and empirical evidence testing unitary versus collective models of the household.In contrast to the unitary model, the collective model posits that individuals within ho...
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Gender and preferences for malaria prevention in Tigray, Ethiopia
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J. A. Lampietti; C. Poulos; M. L. Cropper; H. Mitiku; D. Whittington
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Gendernet, World Bank,
1999
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Paper examines how demand for preventive health care differs depending on whose preferences in the household are assessed.The analysis indicates that married women are willing to pay more to preven...
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Are women really the "fairer" sex?: corruption and women in government
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D. Dollar; R. Fisman; R. Gatti
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Gendernet, World Bank,
1999
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Tests the hypothesis that women are be more trust-worthy and public-spirited than men, and should therefore be particularly effective in promoting honest government.Consistent with this hypothesis,...
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The structure of social disparities in education: gender and wealth
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D. Filmer
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Gendernet, World Bank,
1999
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This paper uses a set of internationally comparable household datasets to investigate the ways in which gender and wealth interact in generating within country inequalities in educational enrollment a...
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Protecting women and promoting equality in the labor market: theory and evidence
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Y. van der Meulen Rodgers
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Gendernet, World Bank,
1999
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This study presents a theoretical context for understanding the impact of various labour market policies on women’s employment, wages, and working hours. Existing empirical evidence of policy effects ...
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Does gender inequality reduce growth and development?: evidence from cross-country regressions
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S. Klassen
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Gendernet, World Bank,
1999
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Using cross-country and panel regressions, this paper investigates to what extent gender inequality in education and employment may reduce growth and development. The paper finds a considerable impact...
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Consumption expenditure and female poverty: a review of the evidence
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J. A. Lampietti; L. Stalker
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Gendernet, World Bank,
2000
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This paper sets out to answer two questionsare poor females at a significant disadvantage compared to males and non-poor females in terms of welfare indicators of such as health, education, nu...
