Illusion of gender parity in education: Intrahousehold resource allocation in Bangladesh

• Main Authors: XU, Sijia, SHONCHOY, Abu S., FUJII, Tomoki
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• 主題: Female Stipend Programs; Education; Conditional cash transfer; Private tutoring; Bangladesh; Asian Studies; Behavioral Economics; Educational Sociology; Growth and Development
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2260; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3259/viewcontent/Xu_Shonchoy_Fujii_2019_.pdf
• 機構: Singapore Management University

A target in the Millennium Development Goals—gender parity in all levels of education—is widely considered to have been attained. However, measuring gender parity only through school enrollment is misleading, as girls may lag behind boys in other educational measures. We investigate this with four r...