Gender and multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua: an individual based approach

Most existing multidimensional poverty measures, such as the global-MPI and the MPI-LA, use the household as the unit of analysis, which means that the multidimensional poverty condition of the household is equated with the multidimensional poverty condition of all its members; accordingly, these me...

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Autores: Klasen, Stephan, Espinoza-Delgado, José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Repositorio:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNED
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:53 Ciencias Económicas
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intra-household inequality
gender gaps in poverty
Latin America
Nicaragua
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spelling Gender and multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua: an individual based approachKlasen, StephanEspinoza-Delgado, José53 Ciencias Económicas59 Ciencia Política::5909 Administración pública::5909.01 Gestión administrativamultidimensional povertyintra-household inequalitygender gaps in povertyLatin AmericaNicaraguaMost existing multidimensional poverty measures, such as the global-MPI and the MPI-LA, use the household as the unit of analysis, which means that the multidimensional poverty condition of the household is equated with the multidimensional poverty condition of all its members; accordingly, these measures ignore the intra-household inequalities and are gender-insensitive. Gender equality is, however, at the center of the sustainable development, as emphasized by Goal 5 of the SDGs; therefore, individual-based measures are indispensable to track progress in reaching this Goal. We contribute to the literature on multidimensional poverty and gender inequality by proposing an individual-based multidimensional poverty measure for Nicaragua and estimate the gender gaps in the three I’s of multidimensional poverty (incidence, intensity, and inequality). Overall, we find that in Nicaragua, the gender gaps in multidimensional poverty are lower than 5%, and poverty does not seem to be feminized. However, the inequality among the multidimensionally poor is clearly feminized, especially among adults, and women are living in very intense poverty when compared to men. We also find that adding a dimension (employment, domestic work, and social protection) under which women face higher deprivation into the analysis leads to larger estimates of the incidence, intensity, and inequality of women’s poverty. Finally, we find evidence that supports earlier studies that challenge the notion that female-headed households are worse off than those led by males in terms of poverty.Elsevierhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7050-718Xe-Spacio UNED20252025-01-1720182018-06-1820182018-06-18journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/25360reponame:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNEDinstname:Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.esoai:e-spacio.uned.es:20.500.14468/253602026-06-06T12:38:31Z
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title Gender and multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua: an individual based approach
spellingShingle Gender and multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua: an individual based approach
Klasen, Stephan
53 Ciencias Económicas
59 Ciencia Política::5909 Administración pública::5909.01 Gestión administrativa
multidimensional poverty
intra-household inequality
gender gaps in poverty
Latin America
Nicaragua
title_short Gender and multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua: an individual based approach
title_full Gender and multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua: an individual based approach
title_fullStr Gender and multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua: an individual based approach
title_full_unstemmed Gender and multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua: an individual based approach
title_sort Gender and multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua: an individual based approach
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Klasen, Stephan
Espinoza-Delgado, José
author Klasen, Stephan
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Espinoza-Delgado, José
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59 Ciencia Política::5909 Administración pública::5909.01 Gestión administrativa
multidimensional poverty
intra-household inequality
gender gaps in poverty
Latin America
Nicaragua
topic 53 Ciencias Económicas
59 Ciencia Política::5909 Administración pública::5909.01 Gestión administrativa
multidimensional poverty
intra-household inequality
gender gaps in poverty
Latin America
Nicaragua
description Most existing multidimensional poverty measures, such as the global-MPI and the MPI-LA, use the household as the unit of analysis, which means that the multidimensional poverty condition of the household is equated with the multidimensional poverty condition of all its members; accordingly, these measures ignore the intra-household inequalities and are gender-insensitive. Gender equality is, however, at the center of the sustainable development, as emphasized by Goal 5 of the SDGs; therefore, individual-based measures are indispensable to track progress in reaching this Goal. We contribute to the literature on multidimensional poverty and gender inequality by proposing an individual-based multidimensional poverty measure for Nicaragua and estimate the gender gaps in the three I’s of multidimensional poverty (incidence, intensity, and inequality). Overall, we find that in Nicaragua, the gender gaps in multidimensional poverty are lower than 5%, and poverty does not seem to be feminized. However, the inequality among the multidimensionally poor is clearly feminized, especially among adults, and women are living in very intense poverty when compared to men. We also find that adding a dimension (employment, domestic work, and social protection) under which women face higher deprivation into the analysis leads to larger estimates of the incidence, intensity, and inequality of women’s poverty. Finally, we find evidence that supports earlier studies that challenge the notion that female-headed households are worse off than those led by males in terms of poverty.
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