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Changes in Household Dynamics in South Yemen

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  • Ishak,Phoebe Saad Wasfy
  • Aghajanian,Alia Jane
  • Ghorpade,Yashodhan

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This paper contributes to an important agenda by studying how female participation in household decision making has been affected by the ongoing civil conflict in the Republic of Yemen in areas under the control of the Internationally Recognized Government. The preliminary results find an increase in women’s participation in decision making since the start of the conflict. Using a difference-in-difference approach that controls for individual and household characteristics, the analysis finds that this result is driven by households living in districts with medium intensity conflict as compared to low intensity conflict. This result holds up to a series of robustness checks and is explained by changes in household composition, whereby men are more likely to leave the household in conflict affected districts, leaving women in charge of household decisions.

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  • Ishak,Phoebe Saad Wasfy & Aghajanian,Alia Jane & Ghorpade,Yashodhan, 2023. "Changes in Household Dynamics in South Yemen," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10618, The World Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:10618
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