Women’s aspirations for the future, and their financial, social and educational investments

Kalyani Raghunathan, Agnes Quisumbing, Neha Kumar and Kenda Cunningham

No 1752, IFPRI discussion papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: We examine the correlates of aspirations of rural women around income, asset ownership, social status and the education of their children, using primary data from India. We then investigate how the gaps between current and aspired-to status are associated with individual investments in financial, social status-related, and educational dimensions.

Keywords: income; rural population; education; reference points; investment; demand; social equality; assets; poverty; women; India; Southern Asia; Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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