Control and ownership of assets within rural Ethiopian households

This article investigates how the control and devolution of productive assets are allocated between husband and wife. Theory predicts that bargaining power within marriage depends on the division of assets upon divorce and on control over assets during marriage. Using detailed household data from ru...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Fafchamps, Marcel, Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Frank Cass 2002
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155697
_version_ 1855521787557707776
author Fafchamps, Marcel
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
author_browse Fafchamps, Marcel
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
author_facet Fafchamps, Marcel
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
author_sort Fafchamps, Marcel
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description This article investigates how the control and devolution of productive assets are allocated between husband and wife. Theory predicts that bargaining power within marriage depends on the division of assets upon divorce and on control over assets during marriage. Using detailed household data from rural Ethiopia, we show that assets brought to marriage, ownership of assets, control within marriage, and disposition upon death or divorce are only partly related. Productive resources are controlled by the household head. Disposition upon death or divorce only loosely depends on individual ownership during marriage but control is associated with larger claims upon divorce. Assets brought into marriage have little impact on disposition upon death, but matter in case of divorce." -- Authors' Abstract
format Journal Article
id CGSpace155697
institution CGIAR Consortium
language Inglés
publishDate 2002
publishDateRange 2002
publishDateSort 2002
publisher Frank Cass
publisherStr Frank Cass
record_format dspace
spelling CGSpace1556972025-06-04T19:03:58Z Control and ownership of assets within rural Ethiopian households Fafchamps, Marcel Quisumbing, Agnes R. assets rural areas families households marriage gender property rights This article investigates how the control and devolution of productive assets are allocated between husband and wife. Theory predicts that bargaining power within marriage depends on the division of assets upon divorce and on control over assets during marriage. Using detailed household data from rural Ethiopia, we show that assets brought to marriage, ownership of assets, control within marriage, and disposition upon death or divorce are only partly related. Productive resources are controlled by the household head. Disposition upon death or divorce only loosely depends on individual ownership during marriage but control is associated with larger claims upon divorce. Assets brought into marriage have little impact on disposition upon death, but matter in case of divorce." -- Authors' Abstract 2002 2024-10-24T12:42:26Z 2024-10-24T12:42:26Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155697 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155699 Limited Access Frank Cass Fafchamps, Marcel; Quisumbing, Agnes R. 2002. Control and ownership of assets within rural Ethiopian households. Journal of Development Studies 38(6): 47-82. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220380412331322581
spellingShingle assets
rural areas
families
households
marriage
gender
property rights
Fafchamps, Marcel
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Control and ownership of assets within rural Ethiopian households
title Control and ownership of assets within rural Ethiopian households
title_full Control and ownership of assets within rural Ethiopian households
title_fullStr Control and ownership of assets within rural Ethiopian households
title_full_unstemmed Control and ownership of assets within rural Ethiopian households
title_short Control and ownership of assets within rural Ethiopian households
title_sort control and ownership of assets within rural ethiopian households
topic assets
rural areas
families
households
marriage
gender
property rights
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155697
work_keys_str_mv AT fafchampsmarcel controlandownershipofassetswithinruralethiopianhouseholds
AT quisumbingagnesr controlandownershipofassetswithinruralethiopianhouseholds