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Child fostering and consumption inequality: Evidence from Côte d'Ivoire

Olie L.. 2022. s.l. : s.n., 1 p.. Journées de Microéconomie Appliquée (JMA) 2022. 38, 2022-06-02/2022-06-03, Rennes (France).

Child fostering is one of the primary living arrangements experienced by many children in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, little is known about whether parents discriminate against foster children in household resource allocation. In the concerning working paper, I investigate consumption inequality among foster and biological children using household data from Côte d'Ivoire (2015). I apply the “Outlay Equivalent Ratio”' approach to inferring discrimination in consumption expenditure allocated to children. I find some evidence of discrimination against foster boys aged 11-14.

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