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Child gender and parental borrowing: Evidence from India

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Discrimination against girls is well-documented, especially in Asia. We show that women try to level the playing field for their daughters by taking on debt. But wealth asymmetry between mothers and fathers perpetuates gender inequality across generations.

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hal-03226953 , version 1 (16-05-2021)

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Isabelle Agier, Isabelle Guérin, Ariane Szafarz. Child gender and parental borrowing: Evidence from India. Economics Letters, 2012, 115 (3), pp.363-365. ⟨10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.082⟩. ⟨hal-03226953⟩
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