Child gender and parental borrowing: Evidence from India

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• 作者：Isabelle Agier^a ; ^{isabelleagier@gmail.com} ; Isabelle Gué ; rin^a ; ^b ; ^{isabelle.guerin@ird.fr} ; Ariane Szafarz^c ; ^{aszafarz@ulb.ac.be}
• 关键词：016 ; D13 ; J12 ; O15 ; O17 ; G21 ; I32
• 刊名：Economics Letters
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：9_01651765
• 类别：eco
• 出版时间：June, 2012
• 卷：115
• 期：3
• 页码：363-365
• 文件大小：174 K

摘要

Discrimination against girls is well-documented, especially in Asia. We show that women try to level the playing field for their daughters by taking on debt. But wealth asymmetry between mothers and fathers perpetuates gender inequality across generations.