Abstract
This article attempts to dispel some of the confusion in the literature regarding the impact of mother's autonomy on daughters. Here we hypothesise that the impact of mother's autonomy varies by the extent of her autonomy. We test this hypothesis with respect to girls' education in Nepal. The results indicate that when the mother alone is making the decision it benefits her daughters, but this is not the case when the decision is made jointly with her spouse. The exception is families that have no sons, where mother's autonomy benefits daughters regardless of the extent of autonomy.
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Cet article cherche à dissiper les malentendus qu'on retrouve dans la littérature au sujet de l'effet de l'autonomie des mères sur leurs filles. Nous faisons l'hypothèse que l'impact de l'autonomie maternelle varie selon son ampleur et la vérifions en examinant l’éducation des filles au Népal. Les résultats montrent que, quand une mère prend seule une décision, celle-ci a des effets bénéfiques pour ses filles, mais que ce n'est pas le cas lorsqu'elle prend une décision conjointement avec son époux. Il y a un cas d'exception : dans les familles sans fils, l'autonomie de la mère, peu importe son importance, sert bien les filles.
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Biographical noteSharmistha Self is a professor of economics at Missouri State University. Her research interests are in economic development, with particular focus on gender, education, agriculture and health. Self has published in Review of Development Economics, Applied Economics, Journal of Asian Economics, Oxford Development Studies, Journal of International Development, Agricultural Economics, Journal of Economic Education and Economics of Education Review. She has co-authored a book (with R. Grabowski and M. P. Shields) entitled Economic Development: A Regional, Institutional, and Historical Approach (M.E. Sharpe, 2013).
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