Intrahousehold Inequalities in Child Rights and Well-Being. A Barrier to Progress?

This paper uses UNICEF's Multiple Indicators Cluster Surveys cross-country data to shed light on unequal investments in the wellbeing of children (boys and girls) within the household. The paper proposes a new methodology to measure the extent of gender intrahousehold inequality and its contrib...

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Publié dans:World development. - 1999. - 83(2016) vom: 24. Juli, Seite 111-134
Auteur principal: Rodríguez, Laura (Auteur)
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2016
Accès à la collection:World development
Sujets:Journal Article children decomposition inequality intrahousehold multidimensional well-being
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