906
Views
4
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
ARTICLES

Gender bias in schooling: the case for Bhutan

&
Pages 513-528 | Received 01 Feb 2012, Accepted 03 Oct 2012, Published online: 23 Nov 2012

References

  • Asfaw , A. , Lamanna , F. and Klasen , S. 2010 . Gender Gap in Parents’ Financing Strategy for Hospitalization of Their Children: Evidence from India . Health Economics , 19 ( 3 ) : 265 – 279 . doi: 10.1002/hec.1468
  • Aslam , M. and Kingdon , G. G. 2008 . Gender and Household Education Expenditure in Pakistan . Applied Economics , 40 ( 20 ) : 2573 – 2591 . doi: 10.1080/00036840600970252
  • Baltagi , B . 2010 . Econometric Analysis of Panel Data , New York : John Wiley and Sons .
  • Baluch , M. and Shahid , S. 2009 . Measuring Gender Disparity at Primary School Level in Pakistan . International NGO Journal , 4 ( 5 ) : 180 – 189 .
  • Cameron , A. C. and Trivedi , P. K . 2005 . Microeconometrics: Methods and Applications , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
  • Chernichovsky , D. and Oey , A. M. 1985 . Socioeconomic and Demographic Aspects of School Enrolment and Attendance in Rural Botswana . Economic Development and Cultural Change , 33 ( 2 ) : 319 – 336 . doi: 10.1086/451463
  • Cragg , J. 1971 . Some Statistical Models for Limited Dependent Variables with Applications to the Demand for Durable Goods . Econometrica , 39 : 829 – 844 . doi: 10.2307/1909582
  • Drèze , J. and Kingdon , G. G. 2001 . School Participation in Rural India . Review of Development Economics , 5 ( 1 ) : 1 – 24 . doi: 10.1111/1467-9361.00103
  • Duan , N. , Manning , W. G. , Morris , C. N. and Newhouse , J. P. 1984 . Choosing Between the Sample-Selection Model and the Multi-Part Model . Journal of Business and Economic Statistics , 2 ( 3 ) : 283 – 289 .
  • Duraisamy , P. 1992 . Gender, Intrafamily Allocation of Resources and Child Schooling in India , New Haven, CT : Economic Growth Center, Yale University . Discussion Paper No. 667
  • Filmer , D. and Pritchett , L. H. 2001 . Estimating Wealth Effects Without Expenditure Data – or Tears: An Application to Educational Enrolments in States of India . Demography , 38 ( 1 ) : 115 – 132 .
  • Greene , W. 2004 . The Behaviour of the Maximum Likelihood Estimator of Limited Dependent Variable Models in the Presence of Fixed Effects . Econometrics Journal , 7 ( 1 ) : 98 – 119 . doi: 10.1111/j.1368-423X.2004.00123.x
  • Haddad , L. and Hoddinott , J. 1994 . Women's Income and Boy-Girl Anthropometric Status in the Cote d’Ivoire . World Development , 22 ( 4 ) : 543 – 553 . doi: 10.1016/0305-750X(94)90110-4
  • Handa , S. 1996 . Expenditure Behaviour and Children's Welfare: An Analysis of Female Headed Households in Jamaica . Journal of Development Economics , 50 ( 1 ) : 165 – 187 . doi: 10.1016/0304-3878(96)00008-9
  • Himaz , R. 2010 . Intrahousehold Allocation of Education Expenditure: The Case of Sri Lanka . Economic Development and Cultural Change , 58 ( i2 ) : 231 – 258 . doi: 10.1086/648187
  • Khanam , R. 2008 . Child Labour and School Attendance: Evidence from Bangladesh . International Journal of Social Economics , 35 ( 1/2 ) : 77 – 98 . doi: 10.1108/03068290810843855
  • Kingdon , G. G. 2005 . Where Has All the Bias Gone? Detecting Gender Bias in the Intrahousehold Allocation of Educational Expenditure . Economic Development and Cultural Change , 53 ( 2 ) : 409 – 451 . doi: 10.1086/425379
  • Lancaster , G. , Maitra , P. and Ray , R. 2006 . Endogenous Intra-Household Balance of Power and Its Impact on Expenditure Patterns: Evidence from India . Economica , 73 ( 291 ) : 435 – 460 . doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2006.00502.x
  • Maitra , P. 2004 . Parental Bargaining, Health Inputs and Child Mortality in India. . Journal of Health Economics , 23 ( 2 ) : 259 – 291 . doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2003.09.002
  • Maitra , P. and Rammohan , A. 2011 . The Link Between Infant Mortality and Child Nutrition in India: Is There Any Evidence of a Gender Bias? . Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy , 16 ( 1 ) : 81 – 110 . doi: 10.1080/13547860.2011.539405
  • McDowell , A. 2003 . From the Help Desk: Hurdle Models. . The Stata Journal , 3 ( 2 ) : 178 – 184 .
  • National Statistics Bureau (NSB) . 2007 . Bhutan Living Standard Survey 2007 Report . http://www.nsb.gov.bt/pub/surveys/blss/blss2007.pdf
  • National Statistics Bureau (NSB) . 2011 . National Accounts Statistics 2010 . http://www.nsb.gov.bt/pub/nar/nar2011.pdf
  • Pandey , A. , Sengupta , P. G. , Mondal , S. K. , Gupta , D. N. , Manna , B. , Ghosh , S , Sur , D. and Bhattacharya , S. K. 2002 . Gender Differences in Healthcare-Seeking During Common Illnesses in a Rural Community of West Bengal, India . Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition , 20 ( 4 ) : 306 – 311 .
  • Qian , N. 2008 . Missing Women and the Price of Tea in China: The Effect of Income on Sex Imbalance . Quarterly Journal of Economics , 123 ( 3 ) : 1251 – 1285 . doi: 10.1162/qjec.2008.123.3.1251
  • Quisumbing , A. and Maluccio , J. 2003 . Resources at Marriage and Intra-Household Allocation: Evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and South Africa . Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics , 65 ( 3 ) : 283 – 327 . doi: 10.1111/1468-0084.t01-1-00052
  • Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) . 2001 . Planning Commission, Central Statistical Office, United Nations (UNDP, UNICEF, WFP, Bhutan Country Office) , Bhutan : Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) . Gender Pilot Study Report
  • Sahn , D. E. and Stifel , D. 2003 . Exploring Alternative Measures of Welfare in the Absence of Expenditure Data . Review of Income and Wealth , 49 ( 4 ) : 463 – 489 . doi: 10.1111/j.0034-6586.2003.00100.x
  • Santos , M. E. and Ura , K. 2008 . Multidimensional Poverty in Bhutan , Oxford : Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative . OPHI Working Paper No. 14
  • Subedi , U. and Nepal , S. K. 2010 . A Study on Enrolment and Retention Strategies in Bhutan . http://planipolis.iiep.unesco.org/upload/Bhutan/Bhutan_Enrolment_retention_strategies.pdf
  • Tansel , A. 2002 . Determinants of School Attainment of Boys and Girls in Turkey: Individual, Household and Community Factors . Economics of Education Review , 2 ( 5 ) : 455 – 470 . doi: 10.1016/S0272-7757(01)00028-0
  • Thomas , D. 1990 . Intra-Household Resource Allocation – An Inferential Approach . Journal of Human Resources , 25 ( 4 ) : 635 – 664 . doi: 10.2307/145670
  • Wooldridge , J. M. 2010 . Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data , Cambridge , MA : MIT Press .
  • Zimmermann , L. 2012 . Reconsidering Gender Bias in Intra-Household Allocation in India . Journal of Development Studies , 48 ( 1 ) : 151 – 163 . doi: 10.1080/00220388.2011.629652

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.