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Gender, Economies of Scale and Poverty

In: Poverty, Food Consumption, and Economic Development

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  • Maneka Jayasinghe

    (Charles Darwin University)

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This chapter investigates whether the gender of the head of the household affects the level of food consumption economies of scale achieved by households and the effect of such differences in food consumption economies of scale on poverty measurements. The results reveal that de-jure female-headed households materialise considerably higher levels of food consumption economies of scale than male-headed households and de-facto female-headed households. The results also reveal that, despite the high level of economies of scale in food consumption observed in de-jure female-headed households, after adjusting poverty figures to incorporate such economies of scale de-jure female-headed households, still show the highest level of poverty in Sri Lanka.

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  • Maneka Jayasinghe, 2022. "Gender, Economies of Scale and Poverty," Springer Books, in: Poverty, Food Consumption, and Economic Development, chapter 0, pages 81-94, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-16-8743-3_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-8743-3_6
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