Unraveling intra-household discrimination by the opportunity cost of raising a female: evidence from India
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2025-06-01
Fecha
2020Autor
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Acceso embargado 5 años / 5 urteko bahitura
Tipo
Trabajo Fin de Grado/Gradu Amaierako Lana
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Resumen
Discrimination against girls is a social burden in India, which is enforced by the dowry
system. Recent studies examined the impact of dowries on girls' mortality. However, none
has addressed whether overall access to credit that would allow the financing of dowries
affects female mortality. The present study aims to fill this gap and approximates for the first
time the cost of raising daught ...
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Discrimination against girls is a social burden in India, which is enforced by the dowry
system. Recent studies examined the impact of dowries on girls' mortality. However, none
has addressed whether overall access to credit that would allow the financing of dowries
affects female mortality. The present study aims to fill this gap and approximates for the first
time the cost of raising daughters through the credit restrictions that exist in their state. We
combine two major databases: the National Family Health Survey (2015-2016) and the India
Enterprise Surveys (2014). Our results reveal a statistically significant difference between
girls’ and boys' mortality in states with greater credit constraints relative to others, which
clashes with biological factors. In other words, our estimates suggest that a rise in the cost
of financing dowries would have an effect on the survival of girls: increases in the
opportunity cost associated with raising a daughter endanger their survival. [--]
Materias
Excess female mortality,
Dowries,
Discrimination,
Opportunity cost,
Credit-constraints
Titulación
Enpresen Administrazio eta Zuzendaritzan Nazioarteko Graduatua / Ekonomian Nazioarteko Graduatua Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoan /
Graduado o Graduada Internacional en Administración y Dirección de Empresas / Graduado o Graduada Internacional en Economía por la Universidad Pública de Navarra