Son preference and multidimensional well-being

Mehwish Ghulam Ali, Ashton De Silva, Sarah Sinclair and Ankita Mishra

No wp-2025-49, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Son preference , or desire by parents for male offspring, is a common gender bias that obstructs policy efforts towards the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals on gender equality. The gendered nature of well-being calls for a multidimensional approach. Popular measures are often unidimensional and limited in capturing the granularity of intra-household gender disparities, which as evidence suggests often begin at home.

Keywords: Gender; Human fertility; Multidimensional poverty; Economic development; Health; Pakistan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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