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Title
What Effect Does Female Autonomy Have on Child Health?: Microeconometric Evidence from Rural India
Creator
Creator Name
Wada, Kazuya Wada, Kazuya
和田, 一哉 和田, 一哉
ワダ, カズヤ ワダ, カズヤ
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
University of Tokyo
Editor
Contributor Name
社会科学の高度統計・実証分析拠点構築 = Research Unit for Statistical and Empirical Analysis in Social Sciences
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Hitotsubashi University
Key Word
Female Autonomy
Intra-household Resource Allocation
Child Health
JEL
D13
I12
J13
Abstract
This study investigates the effects of an improvement in female autonomy on children’s welfare in the developing world, taking into consideration intra-household resource allocation through decision-making processes within households. Using a female autonomy index constructed from India’s 1998/99 National Family Health Survey, the study tries to capture women’s bargaining power and examine the effects on children’s health and medical condition. The results of the empirical analysis suggest that often, though not always, children’s health and medical condition can be enhanced by improving female autonomy. In addition, the results also imply that fostering female autonomy may play a crucial role in achieving economic development from a long-term perspective.
Description
October 2010
Publisher
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date
2011-08
Language
English(eng)
Resource Type
technical report
Version Type
VoR
Is Part OfRelation -
Related Title
Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series ; No. 202
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Related Identifier
URI
  http://gcoe.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/english/index.html
Number of Pages
32
Sponsorship
グローバルCOEプログラム = Global COE Program
Appears in Collections
Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series
URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10086/19293