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Are women overrepresented among the poor?

author(s) Quisumbing, Agnes - Haddad, Lawrence - Peña, Christine
from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Quisumbing, Agnes; Haddad, Lawrence; Peña, Christine, 'Are women overrepresented among the poor?', International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, D.C., 2001

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Abstract

This paper presents new evidence on the proportion of women in poverty in ten developing countries. It compares poverty measures for males and females and male- and female-headed households, and investigates the sensitivity of these measures to the use of per-capita and per-adult equivalent units and different definitions of the poverty line.

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