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| Title: | | In search of gender bias in household resource allocation in rural China  |
| Authors: | | Song, Lina |
| Issue Date: | | 2008 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion Papers 3464 |
| Abstract: | | This paper tests three hypotheses concerning intra-household resource allocation in rural China. First, whether increasing the women's bargaining power alters household expenditure patterns. Second, whether households allocate fewer resources to daughters than to sons. Third, whether increasing the bargaining power of women reduces pro-boy discrimination. We find that expenditure patterns do vary with proxies for women's bargaining power. Pro-boy discrimination is suggested by: lower female outlay equivalent ratios for adult goods; greater sensitivity of household health spending to young boys than to young girls; and high male sex ratios. No evidence is found to support the third hypothesis. |
| Subjects: | | Intrahousehold allocation women bargaining power China |
| JEL: | | D1 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-20080421216 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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