Essays about: "intra-household decision making"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words intra-household decision making.

  1. 1. The Impact of a Supply Side Educational Program on Women’s Empowerment: Evidence from Indonesia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Karin Östling Svensson; [2021]
    Keywords : education; women’s empowerment; Indonesia; INPRES; intra-household decision making; difference-in-differences; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Education is considered a key component in the empowerment of women, and policy interventions such as investments in education can be effective in reducing gender- based inequality. To investigate the relationship between such a policy intervention and empowerment, this study investigates the impact of a large school construction program in Indonesia, where over 61,000 primary schools were constructed between 1973 and 1979. READ MORE

  3. 2. Knocking on the door : a study on nutritional education and women’s empowerment on household level in rural Tanzania

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Therese Strimell Flodqvist; [2018]
    Keywords : gender; women´s empowerment; decision making; intra-household bargaining; nutritional education; scale–N;

    Abstract : In Sub-Saharan Africa, food is often prepared by women, by mothers, grandmothers, daughters, sisters or sisters-in-law. Despite their crucial role in household food security women in developing countries are generally disempowered and they have low decision-making power. READ MORE

  4. 3. Women in Paid Work: A Continuum of Choices and Constraints

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Linn Ternsjö; [2018]
    Keywords : Women; Paid work; Garment industry; Decision-making; Agency; Well-being; Ethiopia; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study aims to explore the impact of paid work in the Ethiopian export-oriented garment industry on women’s empowerment, as perceived by the women themselves. The study first explores the reasons for why and how women pursue paid work in the industry. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Formation of Return Migration Intentions: An Intra-Household Analysis of Foreign Families Residing in Italy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Arianna Sica; [2018]
    Keywords : return migration; migration intentions; intra-household analysis; gender and migration; Italy; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This study inspects the micro-determinants of return intentions for foreign nuclear families in Italy. In particular, I argue against the unitary nature of households and focus on intra-household patterns of decision-making, which have been largely neglected by previous studies. READ MORE

  6. 5. A Matter of Gendered Investment: Impacts of Internal Migration on Child Education in Indonesia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Paul Philipp Lambert Berbée; [2017]
    Keywords : Internal migration; Parental absence; Human capital investment; Gender; Intra-household bargaining; Social Mobility; Migrant Selectivity; Fixed effects; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study evaluates investments in education and schooling outcomes of children in households that engage in internal migration. Using panel data from Indonesia, community and household fixed effects are employed to account for unobserved heterogeneity and self-selection of migrants. READ MORE