Caitlin Kieran, Kathryn Sproule, Cheryl R. Doss, Agnes Quisumbing et al.
Abstract A broad consensus has emerged among both policymakers and researchers that strengthening women's property rights is crucial for reducing poverty and achieving equitable growth. Despite the important role of land in rural livelihoods and as a form of wealth in many Asian countries, surprisin...
Kate Ambler, Cheryl R. Doss, Caitlin Kieran, Simone Passarelli
Measures of control over assets and participation in household decisions are often used as indicators of bargaining power. Yet spouses do not necessarily provide the same responses to questions about these topics. Using household survey data from Bangladesh, we examine differences in spouses’ answer...
Caitlin Kieran, Kathryn Sproule, Agnes Quisumbing, Cheryl R. Doss
Using nationally representative data from Bangladesh, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam, this paper investigates which individual and household characteristics influence men’s and women’s landownership across and within households. Often neglected in household-level statistics, married women in a...
Kate Ambler, Cheryl R. Doss, Caitlin Kieran, Simone Passarelli
Participation in household decisions and control over assets are often used as indicators of bargaining power. Yet spouses do not necessarily provide the same answers to questions about these topics. We examine differences in spouses’ answers to questions regarding who participates in decisions abou...
Kathryn Sproule, Caitlin Kieran, Agnes Quisumbing, Cheryl R. Doss
Despite increasing evidence that households do not always function as one, policies regarding land and property rights are often formulated at the household level, assuming the primary adult male is the landowner. Because land policy reform has typically focused on changing household, rather than in...
Caitlin Kieran, Kathryn Sproule, Cheryl R. Doss, Agnes Quisumbing et al.
A broad consensus has emerged that strengthening women’s property rights is crucial for reducing poverty and achieving equitable growth. Despite its importance, few nationally representative data exist on women’s property rights in Asia, hindering formulation of appropriate policies to reduce gender...