Gender Bias and Intergenerational Educational Mobility : Theory and Evidence from China and India (English)

This paper incorporates gender bias against girls in the family, school and labor market in a model of intergenerational persistence in schooling where parents self-finance children's education because of credit market imperfections. Parents may underestimate a girl's ability, expect lower returns, and assign lower weights to their welfare (“pure son preference”). The model delivers the widely used linear conditional expectation function under constant...

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Emran,M. Shahe;

Jiang,Hanchen;

Shilpi,Forhad J.;
Document Date
2020/05/18
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS9250
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
India, China,
Region
South Asia, East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2020/05/18
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Gender Bias and Intergenerational Educational Mobility : Theory and Evidence from China and India
Keywords
gender bias

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Emran,M. Shahe; Jiang,Hanchen; Shilpi,Forhad J..

Gender Bias and Intergenerational Educational Mobility : Theory and Evidence from China and India (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9250 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/310771589823401020

Gender Bias and Intergenerational Educational Mobility : Theory and Evidence from China and India (English)

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