Gender and Poverty : A Life Cycle Approach to the Analysis of the Differences in Gender Outcomes
The authors study complex interactions between gender and poverty in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina. The goal of their analysis is to uncover how a spectrum of gender differentials at different parts of the life cycle varies across income groups. U...
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okr-10986-180522021-04-23T14:03:41Z Gender and Poverty : A Life Cycle Approach to the Analysis of the Differences in Gender Outcomes Lokshin, Michael Mroz, Thomas A. ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE AGED BREASTFEEDING CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL VARIABLE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DEVELOPED ECONOMIES DIMINISHING RETURNS DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FEMALES FUNCTIONAL FORM GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GIRLS HEALTH HEALTH OUTCOMES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME SHOCKS INCOMES INEQUALITY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LOW INCOME MIGRATION NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT NEGATIVE COEFFICIENTS NEGATIVE CORRELATION NEGATIVE EFFECT NEGATIVE SIGN NORMAL GOOD NUTRITIONAL STATUS OPTIMIZATION PARENTS PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY DECISIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POOR HOUSEHOLDS PRESENT VALUE PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY REGRESSION ANALYSIS REGRESSION RESULTS RELATIVE INCOME RETIREMENT SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL SIGNIFICANT EFFECT THEORETICAL MODELS UTILITY FUNCTIONS WAGES WEALTH YOUNG ADULTS YOUTH GENDER ANALYSIS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION GENDER GAP WOMEN WORKERS EDUCATIONAL FINANCING ATTENDANCE EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT INCOME LEVELS GENDER INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME ACCESS TO CREDIT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH GIRLS' EDUCATION HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RETIREMENT AGE YOUTH GENDER ANALYSIS The authors study complex interactions between gender and poverty in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina. The goal of their analysis is to uncover how a spectrum of gender differentials at different parts of the life cycle varies across income groups. Using the data from the 2001 Bosnia and Herzegovina Living Standards Measurement Study, the authors find strong gender-poverty interaction in the patterns of labor force participation, gender gap in earnings, individuals' school finances, and school attendance. The main source of gender inequality seems to come from differences in investments in girls' and boys' educations that increase with declines in income levels. Short-term income shocks could lead to long-term increases in gender inequality in households with school age children, unless there is ready access to credit markets. The authors also find that the magnitude of the impact of economic development on gender differences in Bosnia will depend on where the growth is concentrated. If the poor capture at least some benefits of economic growth, the gender differences in household investment in human capital of their children will decline. If, on the other hand, growth is concentrated among the richest, then important gender disparities could remain pervasive. 2014-04-25T16:30:40Z 2014-04-25T16:30:40Z 2003-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/2637444/gender-poverty-life-cycle-approach-analysis-differences-gender-outcomes http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18052 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3153 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE AGED BREASTFEEDING CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL VARIABLE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DEVELOPED ECONOMIES DIMINISHING RETURNS DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FEMALES FUNCTIONAL FORM GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GIRLS HEALTH HEALTH OUTCOMES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME SHOCKS INCOMES INEQUALITY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LOW INCOME MIGRATION NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT NEGATIVE COEFFICIENTS NEGATIVE CORRELATION NEGATIVE EFFECT NEGATIVE SIGN NORMAL GOOD NUTRITIONAL STATUS OPTIMIZATION PARENTS PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY DECISIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POOR HOUSEHOLDS PRESENT VALUE PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY REGRESSION ANALYSIS REGRESSION RESULTS RELATIVE INCOME RETIREMENT SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL SIGNIFICANT EFFECT THEORETICAL MODELS UTILITY FUNCTIONS WAGES WEALTH YOUNG ADULTS YOUTH GENDER ANALYSIS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION GENDER GAP WOMEN WORKERS EDUCATIONAL FINANCING ATTENDANCE EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT INCOME LEVELS GENDER INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME ACCESS TO CREDIT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH GIRLS' EDUCATION HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RETIREMENT AGE YOUTH GENDER ANALYSIS |
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ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE AGED BREASTFEEDING CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL VARIABLE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DEVELOPED ECONOMIES DIMINISHING RETURNS DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FEMALES FUNCTIONAL FORM GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GIRLS HEALTH HEALTH OUTCOMES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME SHOCKS INCOMES INEQUALITY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LOW INCOME MIGRATION NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT NEGATIVE COEFFICIENTS NEGATIVE CORRELATION NEGATIVE EFFECT NEGATIVE SIGN NORMAL GOOD NUTRITIONAL STATUS OPTIMIZATION PARENTS PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY DECISIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POOR HOUSEHOLDS PRESENT VALUE PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY REGRESSION ANALYSIS REGRESSION RESULTS RELATIVE INCOME RETIREMENT SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL SIGNIFICANT EFFECT THEORETICAL MODELS UTILITY FUNCTIONS WAGES WEALTH YOUNG ADULTS YOUTH GENDER ANALYSIS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION GENDER GAP WOMEN WORKERS EDUCATIONAL FINANCING ATTENDANCE EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT INCOME LEVELS GENDER INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME ACCESS TO CREDIT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH GIRLS' EDUCATION HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RETIREMENT AGE YOUTH GENDER ANALYSIS Lokshin, Michael Mroz, Thomas A. Gender and Poverty : A Life Cycle Approach to the Analysis of the Differences in Gender Outcomes |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3153 |
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The authors study complex interactions
between gender and poverty in postwar Bosnia and
Herzegovina. The goal of their analysis is to uncover how a
spectrum of gender differentials at different parts of the
life cycle varies across income groups. Using the data from
the 2001 Bosnia and Herzegovina Living Standards Measurement
Study, the authors find strong gender-poverty interaction in
the patterns of labor force participation, gender gap in
earnings, individuals' school finances, and school
attendance. The main source of gender inequality seems to
come from differences in investments in girls' and
boys' educations that increase with declines in income
levels. Short-term income shocks could lead to long-term
increases in gender inequality in households with school age
children, unless there is ready access to credit markets.
The authors also find that the magnitude of the impact of
economic development on gender differences in Bosnia will
depend on where the growth is concentrated. If the poor
capture at least some benefits of economic growth, the
gender differences in household investment in human capital
of their children will decline. If, on the other hand,
growth is concentrated among the richest, then important
gender disparities could remain pervasive. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Lokshin, Michael Mroz, Thomas A. |
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Lokshin, Michael Mroz, Thomas A. |
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Lokshin, Michael |
| title |
Gender and Poverty : A Life Cycle Approach to the Analysis of the Differences in Gender Outcomes |
| title_short |
Gender and Poverty : A Life Cycle Approach to the Analysis of the Differences in Gender Outcomes |
| title_full |
Gender and Poverty : A Life Cycle Approach to the Analysis of the Differences in Gender Outcomes |
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Gender and Poverty : A Life Cycle Approach to the Analysis of the Differences in Gender Outcomes |
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Gender and Poverty : A Life Cycle Approach to the Analysis of the Differences in Gender Outcomes |
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gender and poverty : a life cycle approach to the analysis of the differences in gender outcomes |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/2637444/gender-poverty-life-cycle-approach-analysis-differences-gender-outcomes http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18052 |
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