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:	ASSET HOLDINGS ASSETS BUDGET CONSTRAINT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL INVESTMENT CASH PAYMENT CASH TRANSFER COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONFLICT OF INTEREST CONSUMER EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION INCREASES CREDIT ASSOCIATION CREDIT MARKET CREDIT MARKETS CREDIT PROGRAMS CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DECISION MAKING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCOUNT RATE DISCOUNT RATES DISCRIMINATION DIVORCE DYNAMIC SETTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MECHANISM ECONOMIC MODELS ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC THEORIES ECONOMIC THEORY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL FINDINGS EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPOWERMENT EQUAL INCREASE EQUALITY EQUILIBRIUM EXOGENOUS CHANGES EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES FACE VALUE FAMILIES FEMALE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FUTURE RESEARCH GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDERS HEALTH OUTCOMES HOLDING HOME HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SAVINGS HUMAN CAPITAL HUSBAND HUSBANDS IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATIONS IMPERFECT SUBSTITUTES INCOME INCOME DIFFERENCES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME EFFECT INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INCOME SHARE INCOME TRANSFER INCOMES INEFFICIENCY INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INEQUALITY AVERSION INSTRUMENT INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES LABOR MARKET LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL GOVERNMENT MARGINAL PROPENSITY TO SAVE MARKET ACCESS MARRIAGES MARRIED WOMEN MICRO-CREDIT MICRO-ENTERPRISES MICROCREDIT MULTIPLIERS NASH EQUILIBRIUM NET EFFECT OLD-AGE PENSION OPTIMIZATION PARETO EFFICIENCY PARETO OPTIMUM PENSION PENSION SYSTEM PENSIONS PERMANENT INCOME POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY INTERVENTION POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY RESEARCH POSITIVE EFFECT POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE CONSUMPTION PRIVATE GOODS PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PUBLIC PUBLIC CONSUMPTION PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SPENDING RELATIVE CHANGE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RELATIVE INCOME RELATIVE INCREASE RELATIVE WAGES RETURN RETURNS RISK AVERSE RISK AVERSION ROADS SEX SHARE OF ASSETS SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SINGLE WOMEN SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS TAX TRANSFER PAYMENTS UTILITY FUNCTION UTILITY FUNCTIONS UTILITY MAXIMIZATION WAGES WEALTH WIDOW WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN
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spelling	okr-10986-34792021-04-23T14:02:10Z Does Female Empowerment Promote Economic Development? Doepke, Matthias Tertilt, Michele ASSET HOLDINGS ASSETS BUDGET CONSTRAINT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL INVESTMENT CASH PAYMENT CASH TRANSFER COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONFLICT OF INTEREST CONSUMER EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION INCREASES CREDIT ASSOCIATION CREDIT MARKET CREDIT MARKETS CREDIT PROGRAMS CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DECISION MAKING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCOUNT RATE DISCOUNT RATES DISCRIMINATION DIVORCE DYNAMIC SETTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MECHANISM ECONOMIC MODELS ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC THEORIES ECONOMIC THEORY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL FINDINGS EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPOWERMENT EQUAL INCREASE EQUALITY EQUILIBRIUM EXOGENOUS CHANGES EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES FACE VALUE FAMILIES FEMALE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FUTURE RESEARCH GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDERS HEALTH OUTCOMES HOLDING HOME HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SAVINGS HUMAN CAPITAL HUSBAND HUSBANDS IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATIONS IMPERFECT SUBSTITUTES INCOME INCOME DIFFERENCES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME EFFECT INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INCOME SHARE INCOME TRANSFER INCOMES INEFFICIENCY INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INEQUALITY AVERSION INSTRUMENT INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES LABOR MARKET LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL GOVERNMENT MARGINAL PROPENSITY TO SAVE MARKET ACCESS MARRIAGES MARRIED WOMEN MICRO-CREDIT MICRO-ENTERPRISES MICROCREDIT MULTIPLIERS NASH EQUILIBRIUM NET EFFECT OLD-AGE PENSION OPTIMIZATION PARETO EFFICIENCY PARETO OPTIMUM PENSION PENSION SYSTEM PENSIONS PERMANENT INCOME POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY INTERVENTION POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY RESEARCH POSITIVE EFFECT POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE CONSUMPTION PRIVATE GOODS PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PUBLIC PUBLIC CONSUMPTION PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SPENDING RELATIVE CHANGE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RELATIVE INCOME RELATIVE INCREASE RELATIVE WAGES RETURN RETURNS RISK AVERSE RISK AVERSION ROADS SEX SHARE OF ASSETS SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SINGLE WOMEN SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS TAX TRANSFER PAYMENTS UTILITY FUNCTION UTILITY FUNCTIONS UTILITY MAXIMIZATION WAGES WEALTH WIDOW WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN 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 family bargaining models to understand what kind of frictions can give rise to the observed empirical relationships. Then they assess the policy implications of these models. The authors find that targeting transfers to women can have unintended consequences and may fail to make children better off. Moreover, different forms of empowering women may lead to opposite results. More research is needed to distinguish between alternative theoretical models. 2012-03-19T18:03:11Z 2012-03-19T18:03:11Z 2011-06-01 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 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5714 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region
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topic	ASSET HOLDINGS ASSETS BUDGET CONSTRAINT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL INVESTMENT CASH PAYMENT CASH TRANSFER COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONFLICT OF INTEREST CONSUMER EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION INCREASES CREDIT ASSOCIATION CREDIT MARKET CREDIT MARKETS CREDIT PROGRAMS CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DECISION MAKING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCOUNT RATE DISCOUNT RATES DISCRIMINATION DIVORCE DYNAMIC SETTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MECHANISM ECONOMIC MODELS ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC THEORIES ECONOMIC THEORY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL FINDINGS EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPOWERMENT EQUAL INCREASE EQUALITY EQUILIBRIUM EXOGENOUS CHANGES EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES FACE VALUE FAMILIES FEMALE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FUTURE RESEARCH GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDERS HEALTH OUTCOMES HOLDING HOME HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SAVINGS HUMAN CAPITAL HUSBAND HUSBANDS IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATIONS IMPERFECT SUBSTITUTES INCOME INCOME DIFFERENCES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME EFFECT INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INCOME SHARE INCOME TRANSFER INCOMES INEFFICIENCY INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INEQUALITY AVERSION INSTRUMENT INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES LABOR MARKET LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL GOVERNMENT MARGINAL PROPENSITY TO SAVE MARKET ACCESS MARRIAGES MARRIED WOMEN MICRO-CREDIT MICRO-ENTERPRISES MICROCREDIT MULTIPLIERS NASH EQUILIBRIUM NET EFFECT OLD-AGE PENSION OPTIMIZATION PARETO EFFICIENCY PARETO OPTIMUM PENSION PENSION SYSTEM PENSIONS PERMANENT INCOME POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY INTERVENTION POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY RESEARCH POSITIVE EFFECT POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE CONSUMPTION PRIVATE GOODS PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PUBLIC PUBLIC CONSUMPTION PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SPENDING RELATIVE CHANGE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RELATIVE INCOME RELATIVE INCREASE RELATIVE WAGES RETURN RETURNS RISK AVERSE RISK AVERSION ROADS SEX SHARE OF ASSETS SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SINGLE WOMEN SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS TAX TRANSFER PAYMENTS UTILITY FUNCTION UTILITY FUNCTIONS UTILITY MAXIMIZATION WAGES WEALTH WIDOW WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN
spellingShingle	ASSET HOLDINGS ASSETS BUDGET CONSTRAINT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL INVESTMENT CASH PAYMENT CASH TRANSFER COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONFLICT OF INTEREST CONSUMER EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION INCREASES CREDIT ASSOCIATION CREDIT MARKET CREDIT MARKETS CREDIT PROGRAMS CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DECISION MAKING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCOUNT RATE DISCOUNT RATES DISCRIMINATION DIVORCE DYNAMIC SETTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MECHANISM ECONOMIC MODELS ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC THEORIES ECONOMIC THEORY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL FINDINGS EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPOWERMENT EQUAL INCREASE EQUALITY EQUILIBRIUM EXOGENOUS CHANGES EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES FACE VALUE FAMILIES FEMALE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FUTURE RESEARCH GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDERS HEALTH OUTCOMES HOLDING HOME HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SAVINGS HUMAN CAPITAL HUSBAND HUSBANDS IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATIONS IMPERFECT SUBSTITUTES INCOME INCOME DIFFERENCES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME EFFECT INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INCOME SHARE INCOME TRANSFER INCOMES INEFFICIENCY INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INEQUALITY AVERSION INSTRUMENT INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES LABOR MARKET LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL GOVERNMENT MARGINAL PROPENSITY TO SAVE MARKET ACCESS MARRIAGES MARRIED WOMEN MICRO-CREDIT MICRO-ENTERPRISES MICROCREDIT MULTIPLIERS NASH EQUILIBRIUM NET EFFECT OLD-AGE PENSION OPTIMIZATION PARETO EFFICIENCY PARETO OPTIMUM PENSION PENSION SYSTEM PENSIONS PERMANENT INCOME POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY INTERVENTION POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY RESEARCH POSITIVE EFFECT POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE CONSUMPTION PRIVATE GOODS PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PUBLIC PUBLIC CONSUMPTION PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SPENDING RELATIVE CHANGE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RELATIVE INCOME RELATIVE INCREASE RELATIVE WAGES RETURN RETURNS RISK AVERSE RISK AVERSION ROADS SEX SHARE OF ASSETS SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SINGLE WOMEN SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS TAX TRANSFER PAYMENTS UTILITY FUNCTION UTILITY FUNCTIONS UTILITY MAXIMIZATION WAGES WEALTH WIDOW WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN Doepke, Matthias Tertilt, Michele Does Female Empowerment Promote Economic Development?
geographic_facet	The World Region The World Region
relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5714
description	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 family bargaining models to understand what kind of frictions can give rise to the observed empirical relationships. Then they assess the policy implications of these models. The authors find that targeting transfers to women can have unintended consequences and may fail to make children better off. Moreover, different forms of empowering women may lead to opposite results. More research is needed to distinguish between alternative theoretical models.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Doepke, Matthias Tertilt, Michele
author_facet	Doepke, Matthias Tertilt, Michele
author_sort	Doepke, Matthias
title	Does Female Empowerment Promote Economic Development?
title_short	Does Female Empowerment Promote Economic Development?
title_full	Does Female Empowerment Promote Economic Development?
title_fullStr	Does Female Empowerment Promote Economic Development?
title_full_unstemmed	Does Female Empowerment Promote Economic Development?
title_sort	does female empowerment promote economic development?
publishDate	2012
url	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
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