Reverting to traditional views of gender during times of relative deprivation: An experimental study in Nepal

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dc.creatorKosec, Katrina
dc.creatorMo, Cecilia Hyunjung
dc.creatorYou, Soosun
dc.creatorBoittin, Margaret
dc.date2023-12-12
dc.date2024-01-12T19:20:31Z
dc.date2024-01-12T19:20:31Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:44:17Z
dc.descriptionDo individuals’ perceptions of their relative economic status affect their attitudes regarding gender roles in patriarchal societies? What role does hearing messages designed to increase support for women’s empowerment play in moderating these effects? Leveraging an original survey experiment in Nepal, we find that a prime conferring feelings of relative deprivation causes women to revert to traditional views of gender in economic decision-making; they become less supportive of women having equal control over household income, sharing house hold chores with men, and working outside the home. Women’s empowerment messaging does not attenuate these effects. Priming men to feel relatively deprived causes declines in gender equitable economic and political views, but women’s empowerment messaging nullifies these effects. The results suggest that among populations feeling relatively deprived, regressive gender norms may take hold. However, light-touch efforts to spur support for women’s empowerment may counter some reversion to traditional views of gender.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/137669
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/113210
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/pakistan/2017-09-18/when-prosperity-leads-disaffection
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12767
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105218
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1017/S000305541700017X
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceKosec, Katrina; Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung; You, Soosun; and Boittin, Margaret. 2023. Reverting to traditional views of gender during times of relative deprivation: An experimental study in Nepal. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137020
dc.subjecteconomic aspects
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectwomen's empowerment
dc.subjectdecision making
dc.subjectincome
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectworkforce
dc.titleReverting to traditional views of gender during times of relative deprivation: An experimental study in Nepal
dc.typeWorking Paper

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