Son preference, intrahousehold discrimination, and the gender gap in education in China

This paper investigates the gender gap in education by dividing it into two parts: the part that comes from intrahousehold discrimination and the part that comes from outside of the family. We develop a novel approach to measure the gender gap in education due to intrahousehold discrimination. Using...

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Published in:International review of economics & finance 2022-05, Vol.79, p.324-339
Main Authors: Hu, Chenxu, Guo, Hao, Ding, Xiaozhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Education
Gender gap
Intrahousehold discrimination
Son preference
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Summary:This paper investigates the gender gap in education by dividing it into two parts: the part that comes from intrahousehold discrimination and the part that comes from outside of the family. We develop a novel approach to measure the gender gap in education due to intrahousehold discrimination. Using China Household Income Project (2013) survey data, we find that intrahousehold discrimination accounts for a large part of the gender gap in education. The gap is large and persistent over time in both rural and urban regions, although the overall gender gap in education has declined significantly over time.
ISSN:1059-0560
1873-8036
DOI:10.1016/j.iref.2022.02.007