"Gender Bias in Education: the Role of Inter‐household Externality, Dow" by Sajal Lahiri and Sharmistha Self
 

Title

Gender Bias in Education: the Role of Inter‐household Externality, Dowry and other Social Institutions

Abstract

We analyze gender bias in school enrollment by developing a two-period model where women become part of extended families of their in-laws. Each family decides how many sons and daughters are sent to school and thus become skilled. Gender bias occurs due to failure of the families to internalize inter-household externalities. "Groom-specific" dowry worsens the situation. Under "bride-specific" dowry, bias exists if and only if the skill premium in the labor market is bigger than that in the marriage market. A specific discriminatory "food-for-education" policy is shown to reduce bias, but increase total enrollment.

Department(s)

Economics

Document Type

Article

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9361.2007.00387.x

Publication Date

11-1-2007

Journal Title

Review of Development Economics

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