Sibling rivalry and gender gap: intrahousehold substitution of male and female educational investments from male migration prospects

Shrestha, Slesh A.; Palaniswamy, Nethra

doi:10.1007/s00148-017-0641-4

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“…Our results suggest that this shift in parental time is one key mechanism underlying the success of financial incentive interventions. We posit that the lack of consensus in prior studies may arise from their inability to separate parental time from other household resources, such as child labor hours and the time of siblings (Ferreira et al, 2009;Barrera-Osorio et al, 2011;Shrestha and Palaniswamy, 2017;Bustelo, 2011;Takamatsu, 2011). For example, in prior studies, earning financial incentives could mean siblings did not have to work outside the home as much, causing them to increase school attendance rates even as they experience less direct parental time investment.…”

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“…How such interventions impact non-targeted children is unclear. Prior studies conducted in developing countries report mixed results, with some studies finding declines in the educational attainment of non-targeted siblings (Barrera-Osorio et al, 2011;Shrestha and Palaniswamy, 2017), one finding no effect (Ferreira et al, 2009) and some finding a positive effect on siblings' school attendance (Takamatsu, 2011;Bustelo, 2011). In all of these prior papers, a key consideration for the parental investment decision is the tradeoff between sending their young children to school or to work, whereas in the developed country context parents do not experience this stark tradeoff.…”

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Do financial incentives aimed at decreasing interhousehold inequality increase intrahousehold inequality?

Chuan

List²,

Samek

2021

Journal of Public Economics

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Research has shown that giving disadvantaged families financial incentives to invest in their children could decrease socioeconomic inequality by enhancing human capital formation. Yet, within the household how are such gains achieved? We use a field experiment to investigate how parents allocate time when they receive financial incentives. We find that incentives increase investment in the target child. But, parents achieve these gains by substituting away from time spent with the child's sibling(s). An unintended consequence is that intrahousehold inequality increases and aggregate gains from the program are overstated when focusing only on target children.

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Do financial incentives aimed at decreasing interhousehold inequality increase intrahousehold inequality?

Chuan

List²,

Samek

2021

Journal of Public Economics

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“…Investments in human capital development can be closely tied to beliefs around the relative job prospects and earnings of men and women. A study of siblings in Nepal found that in poorer households, better job prospects for sons had negative spillovers for their sisters' education (Shrestha and Palaniswamy, 2016). Goldin (1994) observes contexts in which the entry of women into a male-dominated occupation can reduce the stature of the occupation in the minds of others.…”

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Gender-Based Employment Segregation

Das¹,

Kotikula²

2019

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“…3 Sen (1990), Tsui and Rich (2002), Hong Chew, Yi, Zhang, and Zhong (2017), Shrestha and Palaniswamy (2017), and Kaul (2018), among others show that son-preferred communities often possess gender-selection, gender-based parental care, gender-based education spending for young children. Chung and Gupta (2007) and Shi (2017), however, provide analyses suggesting that there has been a reduction (and even reverse) of son-preference culture in Korea and China in recent years.…”

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