Search Results - The School for Wives

Levels, correlates, and differences in human, physical, and financial assets brought into marriages by young Guatemalan adults by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Behrman, Jere R., Maluccio, John, Murphy, Alexis, Yount, Katherine M.

“…Husbands also bring substantially more physical and financial assets than wives. A number of interesting patterns emerge, including (1) changes in the composition of assets that women bring to marriage from physical to human assets, (2) declining gaps in age and premarital work experience between husbands and wives, and (3) increasing gaps in schooling attainment and cognitive ability between husbands and wives. …”
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‘Joy, not sorrow’: Men's perspectives on gender, violence, and cash transfers targeted to women in northern Ghana by Pereira, Audrey, Akaligaung, Akalpa J., Aborigo, Raymond, Peterman, Amber, Palermo, Tia, Barrington, Clare

“…We elicited men's perceptions of poverty, relationship dynamics, IPV and cash transfers targeted to their wives using thematic analysis. Men largely viewed the effects of the cash transfer as positive – they felt decreased provider role strain when women used the cash to cover household expenses such as food and school fees. …”
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Intrahousehold allocation, gender relations, and food security in developing countries by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Smith, Lisa C.

“…The first examines the link between women’s status and child nutrition, using data from nearly 40 developing countries, and the second investigates how the resources that husbands and wives bring to marriage affect household expenditures and child schooling outcomes in four developing countries. …”
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Comparative social demography, livelihood diversification and land tenure among the Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania by Nkedianye, David K., Ogutu, Joseph O., Said, Mohammed Y., Kifugo, Shem C., Leeuw, Jan de, Gardingen, Paul van, Reid, Robin S.

“…The mean number of hired herders per household was higher in Kitengela, with the highest number of children enrolled in schools, than in the Mara, Amboseli or Simanjiro. …”
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