Assessing gender parity in intrahousehold allocation of educational resources: Evidence from Bangladesh

• Main Authors: XU, Sijia, SHONCHOY, Abu S., FUJII, Tomoki
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Bangladesh; Conditional cash transfer; Female stipend program; Hurdle model; Quality of education; Asian Studies; Behavioral Economics; Education
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2513; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3512/viewcontent/AssessGenederParity_Bangladesh_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Gender parity in education—an important global development goal—has been primarily measured through school enrollment, and the gender parity in education quality has received limited attention until recently. We address this issue by highlighting the intrahousehold allocation of education expenditur...