Till Marriage Do Us Part: Education and Remittances from Married Women in Africa

Autor/inn/en	Eloundou-Enyegue, Parfait M.; Calves, Anne Emmanuele
Titel	Till Marriage Do Us Part: Education and Remittances from Married Women in Africa
Quelle	In: Comparative Education Review, 50 (2006) 1, S.1-20 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-4086
DOI	10.1086/498326
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Females; Marital Status; Developing Nations; Gender Differences; Decision Making; Wages; Family Financial Resources; Educational Attainment; Family Involvement; Helping Relationship; Employed Women; Parent Attitudes; Africa; Benin; Cameroon; Malawi; Mali; Rwanda; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Weibliches Geschlecht; Familienstand; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Wage; Löhne; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Helfende Beziehung; 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Elternverhalten; Afrika; Kamerun; Ruanda; Sambia; Simbabwe
Abstract	In this article the authors examine the remittance interpretation for parents' selective investment in boys' education in sub-Saharan contexts. Using evidence from several African countries, they compare the relative capacity of married women versus men to assist their respective families of origin. They measure this capacity by women's leverage in two areas of household decision making that affect remittances: fosterage assistance and women's control of their own earnings. Using these two indicators, they ask two questions: Are married women less able than married men to assist their relatives? Are educated women more likely to assist their relatives than are less educated women? By answering these questions, the authors hope to shed empirical light on the relevance of a remittance argument for gender inequality in education in sub-Saharan Africa. (Contains 4 tables, 3 figures and 26 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10