Child Gender and Parental Borrowing: Evidence from India

The unequal treatment of children is not gender neutral from the parent side. Our results show that women try to compensate through debt for the unbalanced situation faced by their daughters compared to their sons. However, the lack of symmetry between mothers' and fathers' financial situations leads to the perpetuation of gender inequality through generations.

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Year of publication:	2011-09
Authors:	Szafarz, Ariane ; Agier, Isabelle ; Guérin, Isabelle
Institutions:	Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
Subject:	Gender \| discrimination \| borrowing \| debt \| children \| mother \| father

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers CEB.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published by: The text is part of a series Working Papers CEB Number 11-038 8 pages long
Classification:	O16 - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment ; D13 - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation ; J12 - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure ; O15 - Human Resources; Income Distribution; Migration ; O17 - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements ; G21 - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Mortgages ; I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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