Event Title
What's Gender Got to Do With It?: The Effects of Women's Decision-Making in Morocco
Location
Diamond 141
Start Date
1-5-2014 1:00 PM
End Date
1-5-2014 4:00 PM
Project Type
Presentation- Restricted to Campus Access
Description
In a conservative country like Morocco, women are often not afforded many rights. Men are considered the heads of the households, but previous research has shown that households do not make decisions as a solitary unit. That is, if a man is the primary decision-maker of a household, he might make different choices than if a woman were in charge. Using a linear regression, this research will determine the relationship between the gender of the primary decision-maker in a household, and that households ability to recover from a weather-related shock or an increase in food prices. I will determine how a womans ability to make her own decisions regarding education, employment, income and marriage is linked to her familys ability to recover from negative effects of an external shock.
Faculty Sponsor
Michael Donihue
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. Economics Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Social Sciences
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
94
What's Gender Got to Do With It?: The Effects of Women's Decision-Making in Morocco
Diamond 141
In a conservative country like Morocco, women are often not afforded many rights. Men are considered the heads of the households, but previous research has shown that households do not make decisions as a solitary unit. That is, if a man is the primary decision-maker of a household, he might make different choices than if a woman were in charge. Using a linear regression, this research will determine the relationship between the gender of the primary decision-maker in a household, and that households ability to recover from a weather-related shock or an increase in food prices. I will determine how a womans ability to make her own decisions regarding education, employment, income and marriage is linked to her familys ability to recover from negative effects of an external shock.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2014/program/373