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An empirical analysis of gender bias in education spending in Paraguay
Gender affects household spending in two areas that have been widely studied in the literature. One strand documents that greater female bargaining power within households results in a variety of shifts in household production and consumption. An important source of intrahousehold bargaining power is ownership of assets, especially land. Another strand examines gender bias in spending on children. This paper addresses both strands simultaneously. In it, differences in spending on education are examined empirically, at both the household and the individual level. Results are mixed, though the balance of evidence weighs toward pro-male bias in spending on education at the household level. Results also indicate that the relationship between asset ownership and female bargaining power within the household is contingent on the type of asset.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Working Paper ; No. 550
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables: Other
Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- Subject
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Gender bias
education
assets
intrahousehold allocation
Latin America
Paraguay
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Masterson, Thomas
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
- (where)
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Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
- (when)
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2008
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Masterson, Thomas
- Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Time of origin
- 2008
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