Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/334667 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 18252
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper studies how female participation in household decision making has been affected by the ongoing civil conflict in the Republic of Yemen in areas under the control of the Internationally Recognized Government. Using a unique survey dataset that tracks households between 2014 and 2021 and a geo-coded data on conflict, we document an increase in women's participation in decision making since the start of the conflict, particularly on decisions related to household purchases and children's education. This is mainly driven by households living in districts with medium intensity conflict as compared to low intensity conflict. This result holds up to a series of robustness checks and is explained by changes in household composition, whereby men are more likely to leave the household in conflict affected districts, leaving women in charge of household decisions.
Subjects: 
gender
Yemen
decision making and poverty
conflict and fragility
female-headed households
JEL: 
D10
D91
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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