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Poverty among women in Latin America: Feminization or over-representation?

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Marcelo Medeiros () (International Poverty Centre)
Joana Costa () (International Poverty Centre)

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We propose two different concepts of feminization of poverty and analyze household survey data to verify if there is an ongoing feminization of poverty in eight Latin American countries, according to each of these concepts. We also verify if our results respond to changes in values of poverty lines and to different scenarios of intra-household inequalities, concluding that poverty may be higher among women, but there is no clear evidence of a recent and widespread feminization of poverty in the countries studied.

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Paper provided by International Poverty Centre in its series Working Papers with number 20.

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Date of creation: May 2006
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Publication status: Published by UNDP - International Poverty Centre, May 2006, pages 1-20
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Keywords: Feminization of poverty Gender inequalities Poverty Female headed households Latin America

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  3. Wright, Robert E, 1992. "A Feminisation of Poverty in Great Britain?," Review of Income and Wealth, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 38(1), pages 17-25, March.
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  1. Gindling, T. H. & Oviedo, Luis, 2008. "Single Mothers and Poverty in Costa Rica," IZA Discussion Papers 3286, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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