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Is it Better to be a Boy? A Disaggregated Outlay Equivalent Analysis of Gender Bias in Papua New Guinea

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: Discrimination in the allocation of goods between boys and girls within households in Papua New Guinea is examined using Deaton's (1989) outlay-equivalent ratio method. Adding a boy to the household reduces expenditure on adult goods by as much as would a nine-tenths reduction in total outlay per member, but girls have no effect on adult goods expenditure. The hypothesis of Haddad and Reardon (1993) that gender bias is inversely related to the importance of female labour in agricultural production is not supported. There is no evidence of bias against girls in the urban sector.

Source: The Journal of Development Studies

DOI: 10.1080/00220380410001673210

Authors: John Gibson, Scott Rozelle

Institution: University of Waikato

Language: English

Topic: Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Gender equality, No poverty

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1986935528

FWCI: 4.38

Cites: 27

Cited by: 38

Related to: 10