Are women overrepresented among the poor?

Lawrence Haddad, Peña, Christine and Agnes Quisumbing

No 115, FCND briefs from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: This paper presents new evidence on the proportion of women in poverty in ten developing countries. It compares poverty measures for males and females and male- and female-headed households, and investigates the sensitivity of these measures to the use of per-capita and per-adult equivalent units and different definitions of the poverty line.

Keywords: Gender issues; Developing countries; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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