Various challenges are thought to render female-headed households (FHHs) vulnerable to poverty in the Arab region. Yet, previous studies have had mixed results and the absence of household panel survey data hinders analysis of poverty dynamics. This paper addresses these challenges by proposing a novel typology of FHHs and analyzes synthetic panels constructed from 20 rounds of repeated cross-sectional surveys spanning the past two decades from the...
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2024/01/16
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS10672
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1
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2024/01/16
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Disclosed
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Female Headship and Poverty in the Arab Region: Analysis of Trends and Dynamics Based on a New Typology