Reconsidering Gender Bias in Intrahousehold Allocation in India

Laura Zimmermann

Journal of Development Studies, 2012, vol. 48, issue 1, 151-163

Abstract: Finding evidence of gender discrimination among children in the intrahousehold allocation of goods has often proven to be difficult. This article uses data on education expenditures in India to test whether data aggregation, data reliability and the statistical method used help explain this pattern. Results suggest that discrimination against girls is increasing in age and robust to the statistical method and the expenditure measure at the all-India level, although state-level results are more sensitive. I find that data aggregation and statistical method are important factors in detecting gender bias, while data reliability does not seem to play a major role.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2011.629652

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