How do perceptions of relative poverty affect women's empowerment? Evidence from Papua New Guinea
How do perceptions of one's relative economic status affect gender attitudes, including support for women's economic participation and their involvement in decision-making within their household and community? Increased feelings of relative economic vulnerability may lead to greater intra-household...
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| author | Kosec, Katrina Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung Schmidt, Emily Song, Jie |
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| description | How do perceptions of one's relative economic status affect gender attitudes, including support for women's economic participation and their involvement in decision-making within their household and community? Increased feelings of relative economic vulnerability may lead to greater intra-household tension under a scenario of women seeking greater advancement economically and socially. In this instance, women’s empowerment could be perceived as a threat in a context of limited economic opportunity. On the other hand, to the extent that empowering women can improve household welfare, feeling economically vulnerable could motivate more egalitarian gender attitudes with respect to economic participation. For example, women's labor force participation brings income into the household, and women's involvement in decision-making can facilitate more efficient land management (Dillon and Voena, 2018; Goldstein and Udry, 2008; Seymour, 2017) and bring about better health (Beegle et al., 2001; Dinçer et al., 2014; Sraboni et al., 2014), nutrition (Ekbrand and Halleröd, 2018; Imai et al., 2014; Lépine and Strobl, 2013; Smith and Haddad, 2001; Smith et al., 2003), and education (Qian, 2008) outcomes for household members. As one of the first papers to investigate the impact of perceptions of relative poverty on gender attitudes, a December 2019 IFPRI Discussion Paper by Katrina Kosec, Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, Emily Schmidt, and Jie Song shows that perceptions of relative poverty translate into greater support for girls’ schooling and women’s engagement in paid employment. In other words, relative economic insecurity can prompt support for women's economic participation. However, this support is not necessarily accompanied by greater support for women’s involvement in community and intra-household decision-making. Feeling relatively poor triggered an increased desire among women to have decision-making authority within the household; however, there was no change in men’s attitudes about women’s role in decision-making. The paper underscores the complicated nature of gender attitudes, and how support for women's economic participation may rise without simultaneous increases in women's agency in decision-making. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1471442025-11-06T07:05:54Z How do perceptions of relative poverty affect women's empowerment? Evidence from Papua New Guinea Kosec, Katrina Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung Schmidt, Emily Song, Jie gender women's empowerment capacity development empowerment decision making workforce poverty women How do perceptions of one's relative economic status affect gender attitudes, including support for women's economic participation and their involvement in decision-making within their household and community? Increased feelings of relative economic vulnerability may lead to greater intra-household tension under a scenario of women seeking greater advancement economically and socially. In this instance, women’s empowerment could be perceived as a threat in a context of limited economic opportunity. On the other hand, to the extent that empowering women can improve household welfare, feeling economically vulnerable could motivate more egalitarian gender attitudes with respect to economic participation. For example, women's labor force participation brings income into the household, and women's involvement in decision-making can facilitate more efficient land management (Dillon and Voena, 2018; Goldstein and Udry, 2008; Seymour, 2017) and bring about better health (Beegle et al., 2001; Dinçer et al., 2014; Sraboni et al., 2014), nutrition (Ekbrand and Halleröd, 2018; Imai et al., 2014; Lépine and Strobl, 2013; Smith and Haddad, 2001; Smith et al., 2003), and education (Qian, 2008) outcomes for household members. As one of the first papers to investigate the impact of perceptions of relative poverty on gender attitudes, a December 2019 IFPRI Discussion Paper by Katrina Kosec, Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, Emily Schmidt, and Jie Song shows that perceptions of relative poverty translate into greater support for girls’ schooling and women’s engagement in paid employment. In other words, relative economic insecurity can prompt support for women's economic participation. However, this support is not necessarily accompanied by greater support for women’s involvement in community and intra-household decision-making. Feeling relatively poor triggered an increased desire among women to have decision-making authority within the household; however, there was no change in men’s attitudes about women’s role in decision-making. The paper underscores the complicated nature of gender attitudes, and how support for women's economic participation may rise without simultaneous increases in women's agency in decision-making. 2019-12-13 2024-06-21T09:11:34Z 2024-06-21T09:11:34Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147144 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146010 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133270 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133537 https://doi.org/10.1017/S000305541700017X https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105218 https://theconversation.com/feeling-relatively-poor-increases-support-for-women-in-the-workplace-but-men-still-dont-want-them-making-household-decisions-151540 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kosec, Katrina; Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung; Schmidt, Emily; and Song, Jie. 2019. How do perceptions of relative poverty affect women's empowerment? Evidence from Papua New Guinea. Project Note. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147144 |
| spellingShingle | gender women's empowerment capacity development empowerment decision making workforce poverty women Kosec, Katrina Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung Schmidt, Emily Song, Jie How do perceptions of relative poverty affect women's empowerment? Evidence from Papua New Guinea |
| title | How do perceptions of relative poverty affect women's empowerment? Evidence from Papua New Guinea |
| title_full | How do perceptions of relative poverty affect women's empowerment? Evidence from Papua New Guinea |
| title_fullStr | How do perceptions of relative poverty affect women's empowerment? Evidence from Papua New Guinea |
| title_full_unstemmed | How do perceptions of relative poverty affect women's empowerment? Evidence from Papua New Guinea |
| title_short | How do perceptions of relative poverty affect women's empowerment? Evidence from Papua New Guinea |
| title_sort | how do perceptions of relative poverty affect women s empowerment evidence from papua new guinea |
| topic | gender women's empowerment capacity development empowerment decision making workforce poverty women |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147144 |
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