Bargaining with Grandma: The impact of the South African pension on household decision-making

Abstract I examine how an exogenous change in individual income affects decision-making in the household. Using the age discontinuity in eligibility for the South African pension, I find that eligible women are 15 percentage points more likely to be the primary decision-maker in the household than n...

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Main Author: Ambler, Kate
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: University of Wisconsin Press 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146384

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