Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/63305 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Research Paper No. 2007/79
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Using data from a survey of Bangladeshi households, this paper investigates the link between female status and food security. Employing three different indicators of female status – husband’s and wife’s assets brought at marriage, female share of household income and a composite index of women empowerment, the paper finds evidence of women’s status influencing food security. By raising the level of food security for some disadvantaged women’s groups female status is also found to be instrumental in mitigating the extent of gender-based within-household discrimination. The findings reveal that inferences drawn about food security by observing the changes in various non-food budget shares could be misleading or overemphasized.
Subjects: 
food security
women’s status
intra-household distribution
gender discrimination
Bangladesh
JEL: 
D13
D63
I0
O53
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-032-6
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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