Changing Norms about Gender Inequality in Education : Evidence from Bangladesh
Using a recent household survey for two cohorts of married women, this paper examines norms about gender equality in education for children and adults. Among the main findings are that gender education gap norms have changed: younger generations o...
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO MARKETS ADULT EDUCATION CHILD EDUCATION CHILDBEARING DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DEMAND FOR GIRLS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISEASES DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EARLY MARRIAGE ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED WOMEN EDUCATION FOR GIRLS EDUCATION OF GIRLS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EMPOWERMENT EQUAL EDUCATION EQUALITY IN EDUCATION EQUALITY IN MARRIAGE ETHNIC MINORITIES EXPOSURE TO INFORMATION FAMILIAL ROLES FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FEMALE FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY BEHAVIOR FERTILITY PREFERENCES FERTILITY RATE FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS GENDER GENDER & SOCIETY GENDER ASSESSMENT GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUALITY IN EDUCATION GENDER GAP GENDER IDEOLOGY GENDER INEQUALITIES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER NORMS GIRL CHILDREN GIRLS GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HEALTH CARE HOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HUMAN CAPITAL HUSBAND HUSBANDS IMPACT OF EDUCATION IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE KINSHIP KINSHIP STRUCTURE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOUR FORCE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOUR MARKET LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEVELS OF EDUCATION MARITAL RELATIONSHIP MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS MARRIAGES MARRIED MALE MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN MIDDLE EAST MIGRANTS MORTALITY MORTALITY DECLINE MOTHER MUSLIM WOMEN OLD AGE OLDER WOMEN OPINION LEADERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION COUNCIL PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS PROGRESS QUALITY CARE QUALITY EDUCATION RADIO RELIGIOUS LEADERS REPRODUCTIVE DECISION RESIDENCE RESPECT RETURNS TO EDUCATION RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATIONS SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SEX SEX PREFERENCES SEX ROLE SEX ROLES SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INEQUALITY SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOCIAL STATUS SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION SOCIETAL NORMS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SON PREFERENCE SOUTH ASIAN SPOUSE SPOUSES STD SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TELEVISION UPBRINGING VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN IN EDUCATION WOMEN'S STATUS YOUNG GIRLS YOUNG WOMEN |
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO MARKETS ADULT EDUCATION CHILD EDUCATION CHILDBEARING DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DEMAND FOR GIRLS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISEASES DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EARLY MARRIAGE ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED WOMEN EDUCATION FOR GIRLS EDUCATION OF GIRLS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EMPOWERMENT EQUAL EDUCATION EQUALITY IN EDUCATION EQUALITY IN MARRIAGE ETHNIC MINORITIES EXPOSURE TO INFORMATION FAMILIAL ROLES FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FEMALE FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY BEHAVIOR FERTILITY PREFERENCES FERTILITY RATE FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS GENDER GENDER & SOCIETY GENDER ASSESSMENT GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUALITY IN EDUCATION GENDER GAP GENDER IDEOLOGY GENDER INEQUALITIES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER NORMS GIRL CHILDREN GIRLS GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HEALTH CARE HOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HUMAN CAPITAL HUSBAND HUSBANDS IMPACT OF EDUCATION IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE KINSHIP KINSHIP STRUCTURE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOUR FORCE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOUR MARKET LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEVELS OF EDUCATION MARITAL RELATIONSHIP MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS MARRIAGES MARRIED MALE MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN MIDDLE EAST MIGRANTS MORTALITY MORTALITY DECLINE MOTHER MUSLIM WOMEN OLD AGE OLDER WOMEN OPINION LEADERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION COUNCIL PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS PROGRESS QUALITY CARE QUALITY EDUCATION RADIO RELIGIOUS LEADERS REPRODUCTIVE DECISION RESIDENCE RESPECT RETURNS TO EDUCATION RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATIONS SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SEX SEX PREFERENCES SEX ROLE SEX ROLES SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INEQUALITY SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOCIAL STATUS SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION SOCIETAL NORMS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SON PREFERENCE SOUTH ASIAN SPOUSE SPOUSES STD SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TELEVISION UPBRINGING VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN IN EDUCATION WOMEN'S STATUS YOUNG GIRLS YOUNG WOMEN Blunch, Niels-Hugo Das, Maitreyi Bordia Changing Norms about Gender Inequality in Education : Evidence from Bangladesh |
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Using a recent household survey for two
cohorts of married women, this paper examines norms about
gender equality in education for children and adults. Among
the main findings are that gender education gap norms have
changed: younger generations of women are more positive
about female vs. male education, both as pertaining to child
and adult education outcomes. Perhaps the strongest result
is that Bangladeshi women are more likely to espouse
attitudes of gender equality in education for their children
and less so about gender equality among spouses. It is also
easier to explain norms regarding children's education
and more difficult to explain norms about equality in
marriages. The authors believe that question on relative
education of boys and girls captures the value of education
per se, while the question on educational equality in
marriage captures the norms regarding marriage and the
relative worth of husbands and wives. The effect of
education in determining norms is significant though
complex, and spans own and spousal education, as well as
that of older females in the household. This indicates
sharing of education norms effects or externalities arising
from spousal education in the production of gender education
gap norms within marriage as well as arising from the
presence of older educated females in the household.
Lastly, the authors also find associations between gender
education gap norms and household poverty, information
processing and religion, though the evidence here is more mixed. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Blunch, Niels-Hugo Das, Maitreyi Bordia |
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Blunch, Niels-Hugo Das, Maitreyi Bordia |
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Blunch, Niels-Hugo |
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Changing Norms about Gender Inequality in Education : Evidence from Bangladesh |
| title_short |
Changing Norms about Gender Inequality in Education : Evidence from Bangladesh |
| title_full |
Changing Norms about Gender Inequality in Education : Evidence from Bangladesh |
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Changing Norms about Gender Inequality in Education : Evidence from Bangladesh |
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Changing Norms about Gender Inequality in Education : Evidence from Bangladesh |
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changing norms about gender inequality in education : evidence from bangladesh |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/11/8706199/changing-norms-gender-inequality-education-evidence-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7594 |
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okr-10986-75942021-04-23T14:02:34Z Changing Norms about Gender Inequality in Education : Evidence from Bangladesh Blunch, Niels-Hugo Das, Maitreyi Bordia ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO MARKETS ADULT EDUCATION CHILD EDUCATION CHILDBEARING DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DEMAND FOR GIRLS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISEASES DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EARLY MARRIAGE ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED WOMEN EDUCATION FOR GIRLS EDUCATION OF GIRLS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EMPOWERMENT EQUAL EDUCATION EQUALITY IN EDUCATION EQUALITY IN MARRIAGE ETHNIC MINORITIES EXPOSURE TO INFORMATION FAMILIAL ROLES FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FEMALE FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY BEHAVIOR FERTILITY PREFERENCES FERTILITY RATE FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS GENDER GENDER & SOCIETY GENDER ASSESSMENT GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUALITY IN EDUCATION GENDER GAP GENDER IDEOLOGY GENDER INEQUALITIES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER NORMS GIRL CHILDREN GIRLS GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HEALTH CARE HOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HUMAN CAPITAL HUSBAND HUSBANDS IMPACT OF EDUCATION IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE KINSHIP KINSHIP STRUCTURE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOUR FORCE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOUR MARKET LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEVELS OF EDUCATION MARITAL RELATIONSHIP MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS MARRIAGES MARRIED MALE MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN MIDDLE EAST MIGRANTS MORTALITY MORTALITY DECLINE MOTHER MUSLIM WOMEN OLD AGE OLDER WOMEN OPINION LEADERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION COUNCIL PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS PROGRESS QUALITY CARE QUALITY EDUCATION RADIO RELIGIOUS LEADERS REPRODUCTIVE DECISION RESIDENCE RESPECT RETURNS TO EDUCATION RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATIONS SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SEX SEX PREFERENCES SEX ROLE SEX ROLES SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INEQUALITY SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOCIAL STATUS SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION SOCIETAL NORMS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SON PREFERENCE SOUTH ASIAN SPOUSE SPOUSES STD SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TELEVISION UPBRINGING VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN IN EDUCATION WOMEN'S STATUS YOUNG GIRLS YOUNG WOMEN Using a recent household survey for two cohorts of married women, this paper examines norms about gender equality in education for children and adults. Among the main findings are that gender education gap norms have changed: younger generations of women are more positive about female vs. male education, both as pertaining to child and adult education outcomes. Perhaps the strongest result is that Bangladeshi women are more likely to espouse attitudes of gender equality in education for their children and less so about gender equality among spouses. It is also easier to explain norms regarding children's education and more difficult to explain norms about equality in marriages. The authors believe that question on relative education of boys and girls captures the value of education per se, while the question on educational equality in marriage captures the norms regarding marriage and the relative worth of husbands and wives. The effect of education in determining norms is significant though complex, and spans own and spousal education, as well as that of older females in the household. This indicates sharing of education norms effects or externalities arising from spousal education in the production of gender education gap norms within marriage as well as arising from the presence of older educated females in the household. Lastly, the authors also find associations between gender education gap norms and household poverty, information processing and religion, though the evidence here is more mixed. 2012-06-08T20:40:50Z 2012-06-08T20:40:50Z 2007-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/11/8706199/changing-norms-gender-inequality-education-evidence-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7594 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4404 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Bangladesh |