Does Female Empowerment Promote Economic Development?

Empirical evidence suggests that money in the hands of mothers (as opposed to their husbands) benefits children. Does this observation imply that targeting transfers to women is good economic policy? The authors develop a series of noncooperative f...

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Main Authors: Doepke, Matthias, Tertilt, Michele
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
SEX
TAX
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110629130437
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3479