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From nutrition to aspirations and self-efficacy : gender bias over time among children in four countries
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We use data on children at ages 8, 12 and 15 from Young Lives, a cohort study of 12,000 children across Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh), Peru and Vietnam to document the presence of a gender gap across indicators of nutrition, education, aspirations, subjective well-being and psychosocial competencies. We find considerable heterogeneity across countries, ages and indicators in the existence and direction of gender gaps. Second, we find evidence of an 'institutionalized' gender bias agains...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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+ Department for International Development
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Funding agency for:
Dercon, S
Singh, A
Grant:
R8544
R8544
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- World Development Journal website
- Volume:
- 45
- Pages:
- 31-50
- Publication date:
- 2013-01-01
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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0305-750X
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:9248
- Deposit date:
- 2014-11-05
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- Elsevier
- Copyright date:
- 2012
- Notes:
- Copyright 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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