Mother-father resources, marriage payments, and girl-boy health in rural Bangladesh
Agrowing body of literature suggests that men and women allocate resources under their control in systematically different ways. Studies examining the effect of women’s income on household expenditure patterns find that women typically spend a higher proportion of their income on food and health car...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| description | Agrowing body of literature suggests that men and women allocate resources under their control in systematically different ways. Studies examining the effect of women’s income on household expenditure patterns find that women typically spend a higher proportion of their income on food and health care for children, as well as other goods for general household consumption, than do men.1 Other evidence from developing countries shows that female income more often has a greater impact than male income on infant and child survival probabilities, preschooler nutrition, and child education (Doss 1997; Thomas 1994). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1575132025-04-08T18:30:00Z Mother-father resources, marriage payments, and girl-boy health in rural Bangladesh Hallman, Kelly property women gender developing countries economic theories household budget household consumption nutrition farming systems legal system policies education health empowerment agricultural technology agricultural growth child care property rights natural resources management agricultural policies technology transfer drought vegetables fisheries children Agrowing body of literature suggests that men and women allocate resources under their control in systematically different ways. Studies examining the effect of women’s income on household expenditure patterns find that women typically spend a higher proportion of their income on food and health care for children, as well as other goods for general household consumption, than do men.1 Other evidence from developing countries shows that female income more often has a greater impact than male income on infant and child survival probabilities, preschooler nutrition, and child education (Doss 1997; Thomas 1994). 2003 2024-10-24T12:50:25Z 2024-10-24T12:50:25Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157513 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Hallman, Kelly. 2003. Mother-father resources, marriage payments, and girl-boy health in rural Bangladesh. In Household decisions, gender, and development: a synthesis of recent research. Quisumbing, Agnes R., ed. Chapter 17. Pp. 117-120. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157513 |
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| title | Mother-father resources, marriage payments, and girl-boy health in rural Bangladesh |
| title_full | Mother-father resources, marriage payments, and girl-boy health in rural Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Mother-father resources, marriage payments, and girl-boy health in rural Bangladesh |
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| title_short | Mother-father resources, marriage payments, and girl-boy health in rural Bangladesh |
| title_sort | mother father resources marriage payments and girl boy health in rural bangladesh |
| topic | property women gender developing countries economic theories household budget household consumption nutrition farming systems legal system policies education health empowerment agricultural technology agricultural growth child care property rights natural resources management agricultural policies technology transfer drought vegetables fisheries children |
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