Parental education, gender preferences and child nutritional status in Peru

Rafael Novella

Oxford Development Studies, 2019, vol. 47, issue 1, 29-47

Abstract: This paper examines whether the distribution of bargaining power between parents affects nutritional indicators in the early stages of a child’s life, giving evidence that the allocation of household resources varies by the gender of the child and the parents. After accounting for the potential endogeneity of the indicator of power distribution within the household, related to assortative mating in the marriage market, this paper shows that maternal power is more positively associated with girls’ nutrition than boys’. Among households located in rural areas, resource allocation between girls and boys seems to differ. Similarly, some evidence of competition for household resources affecting girls’ nutrition is found.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/13600818.2018.1495703

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