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Does female empowerment promote economic development ?

Author:	Doepke, Matthias; Tertilt, Michele;	Collection Title:	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5714
Country:	World;	Date Stored:	2011/06/29
Document Date:	2011/06/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	The World Region
Report Number:	WPS5714	SubTopics:	Economic Theory & Research; Debt Markets; Inequality; Gender and Law; Public Sector Economics
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: Empirical evidence suggests that money in the hands of mothers (as opposed to their husbands) benefits children. Does this observation imply that targeting transfers to women is good economic policy? The authors develop a series of noncooperative family bargaining models to understand what kind of frictions can give rise to the observed empirical relationships. Then they assess the policy implications of these models. The authors find that targeting transfers to women can have unintended consequences and may fail to make children better off. Moreover, different forms of empowering women may lead to opposite results. More research is needed to distinguish between alternative theoretical models.


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