Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/96317 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2014/010
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
The aid allocation literature has neglected gender-specific needs for aid. We assess the hypothesis that gender inequality in education is more likely to affect the aid allocation of donor countries with female leadership in the relevant ministry. We find no evidence for a needs-based allocation of aid for education. Female as well as male leaders appear to have rewarded countries with more years of schooling of all children, or specifically of girls. Our estimates indicate just minor gender differences in the allocation behaviour.
Subjects: 
aid allocation
education
gender inequality
female leadership
JEL: 
F35, I24
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-731-8
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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