The Influence of Gender Budgeting in Indian States on Gender Inequality and Fiscal Spending

November 16, 2016

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Janet Gale Stotsky, and Asad Zaman. The Influence of Gender Budgeting in Indian States on Gender Inequality and Fiscal Spending, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2016) accessed December 24, 2024

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Summary

This study investigates the effect of gender budgeting in India on gender inequality and fiscal spending. Gender budgeting is an approach to budgeting in which governments use fiscal policies and administration to address gender inequality and women’s advancement. There is little quantitative study of its impact. Indian states offer a relatively unique framework for assessing the effect of gender budgeting. States with gender budgeting efforts have made more progress on gender equality in primary school enrollment than those without, though economic growth appears insufficient to generate equality on its own. The implications of gender budgeting for fiscal spending were more ambiguous.

Subject: Education, Gender, Gender budgeting, Gender inequality, National accounts, Personal income, Women

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Fiscal policy, Gender budgeting, Gender equality, Gender inequality, Global, Government initiative, Government motivation, Indian states, Panel data, Personal income, Spending trend, State FE, State GDP, Union government transfer, Women, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

44
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Series:

Working Paper No. 2016/227
Stock No:

WPIEA2016227
ISBN:

9781475555219
ISSN:

1018-5941

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