Moving upward from the bottom : headship, gender and household poverty in a western province of Thailand

• Main Author: Malee Sunpuwan
• Other Authors: Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Household headship; Gender; Household poverty; Open Access article; Journal of Population and Social Studies; วารสารประชากรและสังคม
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/2907
• Institution: Mahidol University

This paper seeks to explain the effect of the gender of household heads on the ability to escape from economic poverty. It utilizes panel data from the Kanchanaburi Demographic Surveillance System (KDSS) in Thailand, which had been collected every year from 2000 to 2004. A sample of 1,373 househol...