The Gender Gap in Children’s Educational Time Investments in Informal Settlements

Michelle Escobar Carías (), Nicole Black (), David Johnston, Rohan Sweeney (), Fiona S. Barker (), Rosnaena (), Syaidah Syamsul () and Taniela Waka ()
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Michelle Escobar Carías: The University of Melbourne, Department of Economics
Nicole Black: Monash University, Monash Business School, Centre for Health Economics
Rohan Sweeney: Monash University, Monash Business School, Centre for Health Economics
Fiona S. Barker: Monash University, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Rosnaena: RISE Program Indonesia
Syaidah Syamsul: RISE Program Indonesia
Taniela Waka: RISE Program Fiji

No 2024-10, Working Papers from Centre for Health Economics, Monash University

Abstract: We document gender differences in children’s time investments in education, labour, and leisure in an understudied population of children living in urban informal settlements. Using within-settlement and within-sibling comparisons, we find that boys spend significantly less time than girls on schooling and homework and more time on leisure activities. We also find that caregivers invest less time in helping their sons with reading and homework than their daughters. One possible explanation is that girls spend more time on domestic work. As a result, as the share of girls in the household increases, primary caregivers spend less time on domestic work and more time on other activities such as teaching children. We find that the gender gaps in time use are more pronounced among children whose parents have lower schooling and more financial constraints.

Keywords: Gender gap; Time Use; Education; Informal Settlements (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I24 I25 I30 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-06
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