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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Main Authors:	Blunch, Niels-Hugo, Das, Maitreyi Bordia
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	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 &AMP; 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
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/11/8706199/changing-norms-gender-inequality-education-evidence-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7594