CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Das, Suparna |
|---|---|
| Title | Essays in Development Economics with Special Emphasis on Gender Inequalities |
| Summary | The thesis consists of three single-authored chapters on gender-related issues. The first chapter ‘An economic analysis of gender gap in household demand for education: Evidence from India’ employs a theoretical and empirical approach to understand the household demand for education of children and identify their constraints that cause girls’ lower participation in school education compared to boys. The second chapter ‘Impact of `Having a Son' on Women's Intra-household Status: Evidence from India’ is empirical research relates to the prevalence of son preference and examines whether having at least a son can influence women’s bargaining status in different household matters such as resource allocation, autonomy and childbearing. The third chapter ‘The Co-existence of Biased Sex Ratio and Crime against Women in India: Examining the Causality’ uses district-year wise panel data on India to examine whether there is any empirical relation between the pro-male biased sex ratio and rising crime against women. This study also addresses the puzzle that in spite of being scarce in number, women are often treated with disrespect and violence in Indian society. |
| Supervisor | Weber, Andrea |
| Department | Economics PhD |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/das_suparna.pdf |
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