Intergenerational transfers and the intergenerational transmission of poverty in Bangladesh: Preliminary results from a longitudinal study of rural households

This paper examines the determinants of intergenerational transfers and the association between such transfers and the intergenerational transmission of poverty, based on a new longitudinal dataset from Bangladesh. Women receive less schooling, land and inherited assets than men, and also give up th...

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Main Author: Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: Chronic Poverty Research Centre 2008
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162482
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description This paper examines the determinants of intergenerational transfers and the association between such transfers and the intergenerational transmission of poverty, based on a new longitudinal dataset from Bangladesh. Women receive less schooling, land and inherited assets than men, and also give up their inheritance to their brothers in exchange for economic and social support. While intergenerationally transferred assets, mostly controlled by the husband, increase levels of current assets and consumption, only husbands’ schooling and inherited land, as well as women’s social networks, are protective against chronic poverty. - from summary text
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spelling CGSpace1624822025-02-19T14:09:42Z Intergenerational transfers and the intergenerational transmission of poverty in Bangladesh: Preliminary results from a longitudinal study of rural households Quisumbing, Agnes R. inheritance education assets poverty metadata This paper examines the determinants of intergenerational transfers and the association between such transfers and the intergenerational transmission of poverty, based on a new longitudinal dataset from Bangladesh. Women receive less schooling, land and inherited assets than men, and also give up their inheritance to their brothers in exchange for economic and social support. While intergenerationally transferred assets, mostly controlled by the husband, increase levels of current assets and consumption, only husbands’ schooling and inherited land, as well as women’s social networks, are protective against chronic poverty. - from summary text 2008 2024-11-21T10:03:16Z 2024-11-21T10:03:16Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162482 en Limited Access Chronic Poverty Research Centre Quisumbing, Agnes R. 2008. Intergenerational transfers and the intergenerational transmission of poverty in Bangladesh. CPRC Working Paper 117
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Intergenerational transfers and the intergenerational transmission of poverty in Bangladesh: Preliminary results from a longitudinal study of rural households
title Intergenerational transfers and the intergenerational transmission of poverty in Bangladesh: Preliminary results from a longitudinal study of rural households
title_full Intergenerational transfers and the intergenerational transmission of poverty in Bangladesh: Preliminary results from a longitudinal study of rural households
title_fullStr Intergenerational transfers and the intergenerational transmission of poverty in Bangladesh: Preliminary results from a longitudinal study of rural households
title_full_unstemmed Intergenerational transfers and the intergenerational transmission of poverty in Bangladesh: Preliminary results from a longitudinal study of rural households
title_short Intergenerational transfers and the intergenerational transmission of poverty in Bangladesh: Preliminary results from a longitudinal study of rural households
title_sort intergenerational transfers and the intergenerational transmission of poverty in bangladesh preliminary results from a longitudinal study of rural households
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