Reverting to traditional views of gender during times of relative deprivation: An experimental study in Nepal
Do individuals’ perceptions of their relative economic status affect their attitudes regarding gender roles in patriarchal societies? What role does hearing messages designed to increase support for women’s empowerment play in moderating these effects? Leveraging an original survey experiment in Nep...
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| author | Kosec, Katrina Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung You, Soosun Boittin, Margaret |
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| description | Do individuals’ perceptions of their relative economic status affect their attitudes regarding gender roles in patriarchal societies? What role does hearing messages designed to increase support for women’s empowerment play in moderating these effects? Leveraging an original survey experiment in Nepal, we find that a prime conferring feelings of relative deprivation causes women to revert to traditional views of gender in economic decision-making; they become less supportive of women having equal control over household income, sharing house hold chores with men, and working outside the home. Women’s empowerment messaging does not attenuate these effects. Priming men to feel relatively deprived causes declines in gender equitable economic and political views, but women’s empowerment messaging nullifies these effects. The results suggest that among populations feeling relatively deprived, regressive gender norms may take hold. However, light-touch efforts to spur support for women’s empowerment may counter some reversion to traditional views of gender. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1376692025-12-08T09:54:28Z Reverting to traditional views of gender during times of relative deprivation: An experimental study in Nepal Kosec, Katrina Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung You, Soosun Boittin, Margaret economic aspects gender women's empowerment decision making income households poverty workforce Do individuals’ perceptions of their relative economic status affect their attitudes regarding gender roles in patriarchal societies? What role does hearing messages designed to increase support for women’s empowerment play in moderating these effects? Leveraging an original survey experiment in Nepal, we find that a prime conferring feelings of relative deprivation causes women to revert to traditional views of gender in economic decision-making; they become less supportive of women having equal control over household income, sharing house hold chores with men, and working outside the home. Women’s empowerment messaging does not attenuate these effects. Priming men to feel relatively deprived causes declines in gender equitable economic and political views, but women’s empowerment messaging nullifies these effects. The results suggest that among populations feeling relatively deprived, regressive gender norms may take hold. However, light-touch efforts to spur support for women’s empowerment may counter some reversion to traditional views of gender. 2023-12-12 2024-01-12T19:20:31Z 2024-01-12T19:20:31Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137669 en https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/pakistan/2017-09-18/when-prosperity-leads-disaffection https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12767 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105218 https://doi.org/10.1017/S000305541700017X Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kosec, Katrina; Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung; You, Soosun; and Boittin, Margaret. 2023. Reverting to traditional views of gender during times of relative deprivation: An experimental study in Nepal. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137020 |
| spellingShingle | economic aspects gender women's empowerment decision making income households poverty workforce Kosec, Katrina Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung You, Soosun Boittin, Margaret Reverting to traditional views of gender during times of relative deprivation: An experimental study in Nepal |
| title | Reverting to traditional views of gender during times of relative deprivation: An experimental study in Nepal |
| title_full | Reverting to traditional views of gender during times of relative deprivation: An experimental study in Nepal |
| title_fullStr | Reverting to traditional views of gender during times of relative deprivation: An experimental study in Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reverting to traditional views of gender during times of relative deprivation: An experimental study in Nepal |
| title_short | Reverting to traditional views of gender during times of relative deprivation: An experimental study in Nepal |
| title_sort | reverting to traditional views of gender during times of relative deprivation an experimental study in nepal |
| topic | economic aspects gender women's empowerment decision making income households poverty workforce |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137669 |
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