CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Jahan, Sharmin Akter |
|---|---|
| Title | Does Female Secondary Stipend Programme Effect on Women's Autonomous Decision-making in Bangladesh? |
| Summary | The study investigates the effects of the Female Secondary Stipend Programme on women’s autonomous decision-making in households. Improving female enrollment in secondary education is a key objective of the programme which subsequently focuses on women’s empowerment, upbringing their status, and decision-making notion. In my thesis, I attempt to examine how women who were exposed to the programme have impacts on their decision-making domain compared to those who were not exposed to the programme as this programme created an exogenous variation in the education. It might affect not only women’s education level but also labor force participation, fertility, etc. Using the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS), I apply difference-in-difference estimator. The result shows the significant positive effects of the stipend programme on women’s autonomy in spending their own money, however the effect is higher for older cohorts than the younger cohorts. For the other decision-making domains, the findings are positive but not significant. Based on the result, as an important step to improve women’ s autonomy in decision-making, ensuring education is an important aspect but not sufficient. Therefore, measures such as introducing leadership facilities, female role model, community engagement, and non-formal education might help in improving the value of women’s autonomy in decision-making in households. |
| Supervisor | Brown,Caitlin |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/jahan_sharmin.pdf |
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