• Login
    View Item 
    •   OpenDocs Home
    • Institute of Development Studies Research Repository
    • IDS Bulletin
    • 1990 - 1999
    • Volumes 21 - 30
    • Volume 28, Issue 3
    • View Item
    •   OpenDocs Home
    • Institute of Development Studies Research Repository
    • IDS Bulletin
    • 1990 - 1999
    • Volumes 21 - 30
    • Volume 28, Issue 3
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    ‘If You Build It, Will They Come?’:

    Thumbnail
    Download
    IDSB_28_3_10.1111-j.1759-5436.1997.mp28003008.x.pdf (232.8Kb)
    Date
    01/07/1997
    Author
    Subrahmanian, Ramya
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Impact
    Abstract
    Summaries Primary schooling is considered in policy circles to be an effective means to enhance the income and welfare of poor households, with particularly high returns for girls. Education achievement in India has, however, been slow, suggesting that the behaviour of poor households does not yet reflect the confidence of projections of high rates of return to primary education. Investigations into these factors have suggested that poverty, the opportunity cost of children's labour and entrenched social and cultural norms which give rise to inequality of caste, class and gender, are some of the factors constraining poor boys and girls from gaining access to education. Based on interviews with poor men and women in one village in southern India, this article reviews the reasons why parents do not send their children to school, and how household decision?making reflects both flexible responses to changing material circumstances in a drought?prone area, as well as rigid and non?negotiable responses to social norms. The operation of gender ideologies within household management strategies is particularly highlighted.
    URI
    https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/9200
    Citation
    Subrahmanian, R. (1997) ‘If You Build It, Will They Come?’: . IDS Bulletin 28(3): 101-111
    DOI
    10.1111/j.1759-5436.1997.mp28003008.x
    Is part of series
    IDS Bulletin Vol. 28 Nos. 3
    Rights holder
    © 1997 Institue of Development Studies
    Rights details
    http://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/IDSOpenDocsStandardTermsOfUse.pdf
    Collections
    • Volume 28, Issue 3 [12]

    About OpenDocs | OpenDocs Policy | Help | Contact Us | Send Feedback | Disclaimer and Cookies
     

     

    Browse

    All of OpenDocsCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    About OpenDocs | OpenDocs Policy | Help | Contact Us | Send Feedback | Disclaimer and Cookies