Changes in Household Dynamics in South Yemen
This paper contributes to an important agenda by studying how female participation in household decision making has been affected by the ongoing civil conflict in the Republic of Yemen in areas under the control of the Internationally Recognized Government. The preliminary results find an increase in women’s participation in decision making since the start of the conflict. Using a difference-in-difference approach that controls for individual and household characteristics, the analysis finds that this result is driven by households living in districts with medium intensity conflict as compared to low intensity conflict. This result holds up to a series of robustness checks and is explained by changes in household composition, whereby men are more likely to leave the household in conflict affected districts, leaving women in charge of household decisions.
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| Format: | Working Paper biblioteca |
| Langue: | English English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2023-11-29
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| Sujets: | FEMALE DECISION MAKING AND POVERTY, CONFLICT, FRAGILITY, FEMALE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD, WOMEN'S AGENCY, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN CONFLICT ZONES, GENDER NORM, |
| Accès en ligne: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099940211272332616/IDU00eb13b0d0956f040000b2b20db907ab2286e https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40662 |
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| Résumé: | This paper contributes to an
important agenda by studying how female participation in
household decision making has been affected by the ongoing
civil conflict in the Republic of Yemen in areas under the
control of the Internationally Recognized Government. The
preliminary results find an increase in women’s
participation in decision making since the start of the
conflict. Using a difference-in-difference approach that
controls for individual and household characteristics, the
analysis finds that this result is driven by households
living in districts with medium intensity conflict as
compared to low intensity conflict. This result holds up to
a series of robustness checks and is explained by changes in
household composition, whereby men are more likely to leave
the household in conflict affected districts, leaving women
in charge of household decisions. |
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