Lessons from the Gender Asset Gap Project
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Prof Doss explains how assets are shared between women and men and that joint ownership does not imply equality. Legal frameworks affect how data can be interpreted, e.g. marital property rights. Multiple indicators are needed and research in this area must be sensitive to several interdependent factors when measuring gender wealth gap. We can ask, for instance, what assets women own, and in the case of shared assets, e.g. the residence or a business what proportion is owned by women, and if the value of the shared joint ownership is the same for women and men.