The Influence of Gender Budgeting in Indian States on Gender Inequality and Fiscal Spending
IMF Working Papers, November 16, 2016
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Bibliographic details
- Authors: Janet Gale Stotsky, Asad Zaman
- Published: November 16, 2016
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475555219.001
Study overview and objective
- This study investigates the effect of gender budgeting in India on gender inequality and fiscal spending.
- Gender budgeting is defined as an approach to budgeting in which governments use fiscal policies and administration to address gender inequality and women’s advancement.
- The study notes there is little quantitative study of its impact and that Indian states offer a relatively unique framework for assessing the effect of gender budgeting.
Key findings
- States with gender budgeting efforts have made more progress on gender equality in primary school enrollment than those without.
- Economic growth appears insufficient to generate equality on its own.
- The implications of gender budgeting for fiscal spending were more ambiguous.
Subject areas and keywords (as listed)
- 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
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