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Gender Analysis of Children’s Activities in Pakistan

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  • Rana Ejaz Ali Khan

    (The Islamia University of Bahawalpur.)

Abstract

This paper estimates gender differences in children’s time allocation among four ordered options. It analyses the sample of boys and girls separately through a series of probit models using primary data. We compare the socio-economic determinants of boys’ and girls’ activities. The results suggest that boys are more likely to go to school as compared to girls with the increase in their age. The provision of schooling as an instrument to decrease child labour and home-care would affect boys more than girls. To make the adults literate (five years of education) only is not enough to eliminate the gender gap in schooling; a greater number of years of adult education is necessary. The female adult education may be devised to eliminate gender discrimination in child schooling. In the larger households, girls drop out of school and are absorbed in the labour market earlier than boys. The results further suggested that the use of resources is significantly different for boys’ and girls’ welfare. Thus, we conclude that girls can be a better target for increase in the welfare of all children in Pakistan.

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  • Rana Ejaz Ali Khan, 2008. "Gender Analysis of Children’s Activities in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 47(2), pages 169-195.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:47:y:2008:i:2:p:169-195
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    1. Sunderland, Terry & Achdiawan, Ramadhani & Angelsen, Arild & Babigumira, Ronnie & Ickowitz, Amy & Paumgarten, Fiona & Reyes-García, Victoria & Shively, Gerald, 2014. "Challenging Perceptions about Men, Women, and Forest Product Use: A Global Comparative Study," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 64(S1), pages 56-66.
    2. Theresa Thompson Chaudhry & Maha Khan & Azka Sarosh Mir, 2020. "Gender Gaps in Child Nutritional Status in Punjab, Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 59(2), pages 275-300.
    3. Tasnim Khan & Rana Ejaz Ali Khan & Muhammad Ali Raza, 2015. "Gender Analysis of Malnutrition: A Case Study of School-Going Children in Bahawalpur," Asian Development Policy Review, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 3(2), pages 29-48, June.
    4. Sumbal Shahid & Rana Ejaz Ali Khan, 2020. "Informal Sector Economy, Child Labor and Economic Growth in Developing Economies: Exploring the Interlinkages," Asian Development Policy Review, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 8(4), pages 277-287, December.
    5. Saleemi, Sundus & Kofol, Chiara, 2022. "Women’s participation in household decisions and gender equality in children’s education: Evidence from rural households in Pakistan," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 25(C).

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    Keywords

    Economics of Gender; Education; Child Labour; Poverty; Human Capital Formation; Time Allocation;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J82 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Labor Force Composition
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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