Measurement of intra-household resource control: Exploring the validity of experimental measures
We study the validity of experimental methods designed to measure preferences for intra-household resource control among spouses in Ghana and Uganda. We implement two incentivized tasks; (1) a game that measures willingness to pay to control resources, and (2) private and joint dictator games that m...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2020
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| author | Ambler, Kate Jones, Kelly M. Recalde, Maria P. |
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| description | We study the validity of experimental methods designed to measure preferences for intra-household resource control among spouses in Ghana and Uganda. We implement two incentivized tasks; (1) a game that measures willingness to pay to control resources, and (2) private and joint dictator games that measure preferences for resource allocation and the extent to which those preferences are reflected in joint decisions. Behavior in the two tasks is correlated, suggesting that they describe similar underlying latent variables. In Uganda the experimental measures are robustly correlated with a range of household survey measures of resource control and women’s empowerment and suggest that simple private dictator games may be as informative as more sophisticated tasks. In Ghana, the experimental measures are not predictive of survey indicators, suggesting that context may be an important element of whether experimental measures are informative. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1435692025-12-08T10:06:44Z Measurement of intra-household resource control: Exploring the validity of experimental measures Ambler, Kate Jones, Kelly M. Recalde, Maria P. resource management gender women's empowerment field experimentation households empowerment decision making bargaining power women We study the validity of experimental methods designed to measure preferences for intra-household resource control among spouses in Ghana and Uganda. We implement two incentivized tasks; (1) a game that measures willingness to pay to control resources, and (2) private and joint dictator games that measure preferences for resource allocation and the extent to which those preferences are reflected in joint decisions. Behavior in the two tasks is correlated, suggesting that they describe similar underlying latent variables. In Uganda the experimental measures are robustly correlated with a range of household survey measures of resource control and women’s empowerment and suggest that simple private dictator games may be as informative as more sophisticated tasks. In Ghana, the experimental measures are not predictive of survey indicators, suggesting that context may be an important element of whether experimental measures are informative. 2020-12-01 2024-05-22T12:15:09Z 2024-05-22T12:15:09Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143569 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146963 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133512 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133511 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105224 https://doi.org/10.1086/703082 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ambler, Kate; Jones, Kelly M.; and Recalde, Maria P. 2020. Measurement of intra-household resource control: Exploring the validity of experimental measures. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1984. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134200. |
| spellingShingle | resource management gender women's empowerment field experimentation households empowerment decision making bargaining power women Ambler, Kate Jones, Kelly M. Recalde, Maria P. Measurement of intra-household resource control: Exploring the validity of experimental measures |
| title | Measurement of intra-household resource control: Exploring the validity of experimental measures |
| title_full | Measurement of intra-household resource control: Exploring the validity of experimental measures |
| title_fullStr | Measurement of intra-household resource control: Exploring the validity of experimental measures |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measurement of intra-household resource control: Exploring the validity of experimental measures |
| title_short | Measurement of intra-household resource control: Exploring the validity of experimental measures |
| title_sort | measurement of intra household resource control exploring the validity of experimental measures |
| topic | resource management gender women's empowerment field experimentation households empowerment decision making bargaining power women |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143569 |
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