Measuring gender differences in multidimensional child poverty

Lauren Pandolfelli

Chapter 24 in Handbook on Child Poverty and Inequality, 2025, pp 409-420 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Quantitative differences between girls and boys tend to be small in most empirical analyses of multidimensional child poverty, both at the aggregate level and for most dimensions and domains. In this chapter, I propose that these results are driven by the availability of indicators and an inadequate conceptualisation of multidimensional child poverty from a gender perspective. Presenting results from Guyana, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Sierra Leone, and Suriname, I find that the inclusion of additional individual-level information in existing poverty measures yields estimates of multidimensional poverty that capture differences between adolescent girls and boys. I discuss the implications of this analysis for ensuring that neither girls nor boys are left behind.

Keywords: Multidimensional child poverty; MICS. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781802200423
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