Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/45150 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Research Paper No. 2008/43
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
The paper examines the comparative economic wellbeing of female- and male-headed households among Serbs and Albanians in post-conflict Kosovo. Evidence from the living standards measurement study (LSMS) household survey, 2001, shows that Serb households, both those headed by women and men, are worse off than Albanians households. We find that female-headed households do not generally suffer more than male-headed households, but there is substantial variation among ethnic groups. While Albanian female-headed households are marginally better-off than Albanian maleheaded households, Serb female-headed households have the lowest standard of living.
Subjects: 
consumption
ethnicity
gender
JEL: 
I32
O12
J15
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-091-3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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