Priya Bhagowalia, Purnima Menon, Agnes Quisumbing, V. Soundararajan
We use data from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey to examine the relationship between women’s status and nutrition in Bangladesh using indicators of empowerment such as mobility, decisionmaking power, and attitudes toward verbal and physical abuse. We also examine the role of variab...
Priya Bhagowalia, Purnima Menon, Agnes Quisumbing, V. Soundararajan et al.
This paper examines the relationship between gender inequality and nutrition using direct indicators of empowerment such as mobility, decision-making power, and attitudes towards verbal and physical abuse. Our approach draws on the theory of the household as a utility maximizing unit that uses women...
Priya Bhagowalia, Purnima Menon, Agnes Quisumbing, V. Soundararajan
This paper examines the relationship between gender inequality and nutrition using direct indicators of empowerment such as mobility, decision-making power, and attitudes towards verbal and physical abuse. Our approach draws on the theory of the household as a utility maximizing unit that uses women...