Is it Better to be a Boy? A Disaggregated Outlay Equivalent Analysis of Gender Bias in Papua New Guinea.

The demographic evidence of gender bias in many countries has provided an impetus for finding ways to study the status of women in developing countries. Because of the lack of accurate intrahousehold data, Deaton {1989} introduced a method for using household expenditure data to infer discrimination...

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Published in:	Journal of Development Studies Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 115 - 137
Main Authors:	Gibson, John, Rozelle, Scott
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd April 2004
Subjects:	Resource allocation > Mathematical models Sex discrimination Families Papua New Guinea
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost