Are women overrepresented among the poor? An analysis of poverty in ten developing countries

This paper presents new evidence on the proportion of women in poverty in ten developing countries. It compares poverty measures for males and females and male- and female-headed households, and investigates the sensitivity of these measures to the use of per-capita and per-adult equivalent units an...

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Autores principales: Quisumbing, Agnes R., Haddad, Lawrence J., Peña, Christine
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158124
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spelling CGSpace1581242025-11-06T05:55:44Z Are women overrepresented among the poor? An analysis of poverty in ten developing countries Quisumbing, Agnes R. Haddad, Lawrence J. Peña, Christine gender relations developing countries poverty household budget gender women agriculture This paper presents new evidence on the proportion of women in poverty in ten developing countries. It compares poverty measures for males and females and male- and female-headed households, and investigates the sensitivity of these measures to the use of per-capita and per-adult equivalent units and different definitions of the poverty line. 2001 2024-10-24T12:54:03Z 2024-10-24T12:54:03Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158124 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Haddad, Lawrence J.; Peña, Christine. 2001. Are women overrepresented among the poor? An analysis of poverty in ten developing countries. FCND Discussion Paper 115. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158124
spellingShingle gender relations
developing countries
poverty
household budget
gender
women
agriculture
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Haddad, Lawrence J.
Peña, Christine
Are women overrepresented among the poor? An analysis of poverty in ten developing countries
title Are women overrepresented among the poor? An analysis of poverty in ten developing countries
title_full Are women overrepresented among the poor? An analysis of poverty in ten developing countries
title_fullStr Are women overrepresented among the poor? An analysis of poverty in ten developing countries
title_full_unstemmed Are women overrepresented among the poor? An analysis of poverty in ten developing countries
title_short Are women overrepresented among the poor? An analysis of poverty in ten developing countries
title_sort are women overrepresented among the poor an analysis of poverty in ten developing countries
topic gender relations
developing countries
poverty
household budget
gender
women
agriculture
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158124
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