What do intra-household experiments measure? Evidence from the lab and field
Household economists have recently begun to use laboratory experiments to study behavior between spouses. While several connect inefficiency in the lab to specific constraints on decision-making (e.g. information asymmetries), few connect behavior in the lab to behavior and decision-making structure...
| Autores principales: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Journal Article |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Elsevier
2021
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142703 |
| _version_ | 1855523798148710400 |
|---|---|
| author | Hoel, Jessica B. Hidrobo, Melissa Bernard, Tanguy Ashour, Maha |
| author_browse | Ashour, Maha Bernard, Tanguy Hidrobo, Melissa Hoel, Jessica B. |
| author_facet | Hoel, Jessica B. Hidrobo, Melissa Bernard, Tanguy Ashour, Maha |
| author_sort | Hoel, Jessica B. |
| collection | Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace) |
| description | Household economists have recently begun to use laboratory experiments to study behavior between spouses. While several connect inefficiency in the lab to specific constraints on decision-making (e.g. information asymmetries), few connect behavior in the lab to behavior and decision-making structures in the field. We study both efficiency and the decision-making process in semi-nomadic pastoralist households in Senegal with detailed survey data, vignettes, and public goods games. We find that inefficiency in a public goods game is correlated with larger gender gaps in milk production, an indicator of productive inefficiency at home. However, households that behave more efficiently in the lab report less collaborative decision-making at home. Our results suggest that lab games between spouses are measuring behavior meaningful to field outcomes, but that collaborative decision-making is not necessary to achieve efficiency. |
| format | Journal Article |
| id | CGSpace142703 |
| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2021 |
| publishDateRange | 2021 |
| publishDateSort | 2021 |
| publisher | Elsevier |
| publisherStr | Elsevier |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | CGSpace1427032025-12-08T10:11:39Z What do intra-household experiments measure? Evidence from the lab and field Hoel, Jessica B. Hidrobo, Melissa Bernard, Tanguy Ashour, Maha milk production efficiency gender milk dairy farms households decision making Household economists have recently begun to use laboratory experiments to study behavior between spouses. While several connect inefficiency in the lab to specific constraints on decision-making (e.g. information asymmetries), few connect behavior in the lab to behavior and decision-making structures in the field. We study both efficiency and the decision-making process in semi-nomadic pastoralist households in Senegal with detailed survey data, vignettes, and public goods games. We find that inefficiency in a public goods game is correlated with larger gender gaps in milk production, an indicator of productive inefficiency at home. However, households that behave more efficiently in the lab report less collaborative decision-making at home. Our results suggest that lab games between spouses are measuring behavior meaningful to field outcomes, but that collaborative decision-making is not necessary to achieve efficiency. 2021-08-01 2024-05-22T12:10:54Z 2024-05-22T12:10:54Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142703 en https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay036 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172198 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145999 Open Access Elsevier Hoel, Jessica B.; Hidrobo, Melissa; Bernard, Tanguy; and Ashour, Maha. 2021. What do intra-household experiments measure? Evidence from the lab and field. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 188(August 2021): 337-350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.05.019 |
| spellingShingle | milk production efficiency gender milk dairy farms households decision making Hoel, Jessica B. Hidrobo, Melissa Bernard, Tanguy Ashour, Maha What do intra-household experiments measure? Evidence from the lab and field |
| title | What do intra-household experiments measure? Evidence from the lab and field |
| title_full | What do intra-household experiments measure? Evidence from the lab and field |
| title_fullStr | What do intra-household experiments measure? Evidence from the lab and field |
| title_full_unstemmed | What do intra-household experiments measure? Evidence from the lab and field |
| title_short | What do intra-household experiments measure? Evidence from the lab and field |
| title_sort | what do intra household experiments measure evidence from the lab and field |
| topic | milk production efficiency gender milk dairy farms households decision making |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142703 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT hoeljessicab whatdointrahouseholdexperimentsmeasureevidencefromthelabandfield AT hidrobomelissa whatdointrahouseholdexperimentsmeasureevidencefromthelabandfield AT bernardtanguy whatdointrahouseholdexperimentsmeasureevidencefromthelabandfield AT ashourmaha whatdointrahouseholdexperimentsmeasureevidencefromthelabandfield |