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How Does The Million Baht Village Fund Impact Fertility In Thailand?, Kaci Felstet
How Does The Million Baht Village Fund Impact Fertility In Thailand?, Kaci Felstet
Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers
This study evaluates the impact of Thailand’s Million Baht Village Fund program on household fertility decisions. Thailand’s fertility rates are alarmingly low and it is imperative to recognize the unintended consequences a microfinance program may have on fertility choices within Thailand. Using panel data from pre- and post-program years, this research identifies the change in number of babies in a household associated with getting a microloan from the Village Fund program. The quasi-experimental nature of the program and an instrumental variable model with fixed effects identifies a negative relationship between the number of babies within families and participation in the …
An Outlay Equivalence Analysis Of South African Households, Samuel Peevey
An Outlay Equivalence Analysis Of South African Households, Samuel Peevey
Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers
A significant amount of evidence suggests that gender inequality in the developing world negatively impacts women and girls’ health, education and future wage potential. This thesis investigates whether households in South Africa discriminated against their girl children, in favor of their boy children. Additionally, I will investigate whether household heads favored children matching their own sex. Using the 1st wave of the National Income Dynamics Study and Angus Deaton’s outlay-equivalence ratio method, I will estimate the impact, 8 age and sex categories have on their household’s adult goods expenditure. I found statistically significant but practically insignificant evidence, from a …