Efficiency and status in polygynous pastoralist households
Decision-making structures may be different across polygynous and monogamous households, leading to different economic outcomes and requiring different targeting of anti-poverty programmes. We study efficiency in semi-nomadic pastoralist households in Northern Senegal with lab-in-the-field games. We...
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| author | Hidrobo, Melissa Hoel, Jessica B. Wilson, Katie |
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| description | Decision-making structures may be different across polygynous and monogamous households, leading to different economic outcomes and requiring different targeting of anti-poverty programmes. We study efficiency in semi-nomadic pastoralist households in Northern Senegal with lab-in-the-field games. We find that monogamous and polygynous families are equally productively inefficient overall. However, average contributions at the household level mask differences across dyads. Junior wives receive less but give more to their husbands than senior wives, leaving junior wives worse off than other household members. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1426962025-12-08T10:06:44Z Efficiency and status in polygynous pastoralist households Hidrobo, Melissa Hoel, Jessica B. Wilson, Katie gender poverty alleviation households pastoralism marriage decision making poverty monogamy Decision-making structures may be different across polygynous and monogamous households, leading to different economic outcomes and requiring different targeting of anti-poverty programmes. We study efficiency in semi-nomadic pastoralist households in Northern Senegal with lab-in-the-field games. We find that monogamous and polygynous families are equally productively inefficient overall. However, average contributions at the household level mask differences across dyads. Junior wives receive less but give more to their husbands than senior wives, leaving junior wives worse off than other household members. 2021-02-01 2024-05-22T12:10:53Z 2024-05-22T12:10:53Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142696 en Open Access Informa UK Limited Hidrobo, Melissa; Hoel, Jessica B.; and Wilson, Katie. 2021. Efficiency and status in polygynous pastoralist households. Journal of Development Studies 57(2): 326-342. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2020.1762863 |
| spellingShingle | gender poverty alleviation households pastoralism marriage decision making poverty monogamy Hidrobo, Melissa Hoel, Jessica B. Wilson, Katie Efficiency and status in polygynous pastoralist households |
| title | Efficiency and status in polygynous pastoralist households |
| title_full | Efficiency and status in polygynous pastoralist households |
| title_fullStr | Efficiency and status in polygynous pastoralist households |
| title_full_unstemmed | Efficiency and status in polygynous pastoralist households |
| title_short | Efficiency and status in polygynous pastoralist households |
| title_sort | efficiency and status in polygynous pastoralist households |
| topic | gender poverty alleviation households pastoralism marriage decision making poverty monogamy |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142696 |
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