Women's earning power and wellbeing

Author: Nanak Kakwani ,Hyun H. Son
Thematic Area: Social Protection

Abstract:Most people belong to a household (or family). They share happiness, sorrows and, more importantly, resources that are generated by household members. The vast majority of economic activities take place within households. A variety of decisions about labor force participation, education, expenditures, saving, asset accumulation, investments, marriage and fertility are made within households. What goes on within households critically affects growth, income distribution and poverty in a country. (...)

Keywords:Poverty, Women
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Type/Issue:One Pager/19
ISSN:1812-108x

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