Add to ORKGIn this paper, we will attempt to clarify some issues commonly found in recent discussions surrounding female headship analysis, in general, and will also discuss recent literature on the relationship between female headship and poverty, in particular. The issues addressed here include: the confusion between female headship analysis and gender analysis of poverty; the existence of alternative definitions of household headship; and the existence of different analytical purposes of using the concept of household headship and the need for using appropriate headship definitions for each purpose.
First, on the basis of primary data collected in a rural setting in the State of Orissa, an attempt ...
in the Household Household headship among married couples has usually been equated with one main eco...
First, on the basis of primary data collected in a rural setting in the State of Orissa, an attempt...
In this paper, we will attempt to clarify some issues commonly found in recent discussions surroundi...
This paper interrogates the common assumption that a large part of the so-called ‘feminisation of po...
Households headed by women are a growing presence worldwide. This is the first book to focus on thei...
This paper challenges the use of poverty incidence among female-headed households as a measure of fe...
This paper presents new evidence on the proportion of women in poverty in ten developing countries. ...
In most household surveys, headship is not defined by objective criteria but is self-identified by r...
Women-headed households are commonly regarded as the ‘poorest of the poor’. Not only do they seem to...
This paper uses data from Matlab, Bangladesh to examine the characteristics of female-headed househo...
The poverty of households headed by women has emerged as an important development issue in the...
This paper estimates whether female-headed households are poorer than their male-headed counterparts...
This paper presents new evidence on the association between gender and poverty based on an empirical...
Household is usually a group of persons who normally live together and take their meals from a commo...
First, on the basis of primary data collected in a rural setting in the State of Orissa, an attempt ...
in the Household Household headship among married couples has usually been equated with one main eco...
First, on the basis of primary data collected in a rural setting in the State of Orissa, an attempt...
In this paper, we will attempt to clarify some issues commonly found in recent discussions surroundi...
This paper interrogates the common assumption that a large part of the so-called ‘feminisation of po...
Households headed by women are a growing presence worldwide. This is the first book to focus on thei...
This paper challenges the use of poverty incidence among female-headed households as a measure of fe...
This paper presents new evidence on the proportion of women in poverty in ten developing countries. ...
In most household surveys, headship is not defined by objective criteria but is self-identified by r...
Women-headed households are commonly regarded as the ‘poorest of the poor’. Not only do they seem to...
This paper uses data from Matlab, Bangladesh to examine the characteristics of female-headed househo...
The poverty of households headed by women has emerged as an important development issue in the...
This paper estimates whether female-headed households are poorer than their male-headed counterparts...
This paper presents new evidence on the association between gender and poverty based on an empirical...
Household is usually a group of persons who normally live together and take their meals from a commo...
First, on the basis of primary data collected in a rural setting in the State of Orissa, an attempt ...
in the Household Household headship among married couples has usually been equated with one main eco...
First, on the basis of primary data collected in a rural setting in the State of Orissa, an attempt...