Resources at marriage and intrahousehold allocation: evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and South Africa

We test the unitary versus collective model of the household using specially designed data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and South Africa. Human capital and individual assets at the time of marriage are used as proxy measures for bargaining power. In all four countries, we reject the unitary...

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Autores principales: Quisumbing, Agnes R., Maluccio, John A.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157824
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description We test the unitary versus collective model of the household using specially designed data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and South Africa. Human capital and individual assets at the time of marriage are used as proxy measures for bargaining power. In all four countries, we reject the unitary model as a description of household behaviour, but fail to reject the hypothesis that households are Pareto‐efficient. In Bangladesh and South Africa, women's assets increase expenditure shares on education, while in Ethiopia it is men's assets that have this effect. These increases have different implications for boys and girls across countries, however.
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spelling CGSpace1578242024-11-14T11:37:49Z Resources at marriage and intrahousehold allocation: evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and South Africa Quisumbing, Agnes R. Maluccio, John A. resource allocation households gender We test the unitary versus collective model of the household using specially designed data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and South Africa. Human capital and individual assets at the time of marriage are used as proxy measures for bargaining power. In all four countries, we reject the unitary model as a description of household behaviour, but fail to reject the hypothesis that households are Pareto‐efficient. In Bangladesh and South Africa, women's assets increase expenditure shares on education, while in Ethiopia it is men's assets that have this effect. These increases have different implications for boys and girls across countries, however. 2003-07 2024-10-24T12:52:03Z 2024-10-24T12:52:03Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157824 en Limited Access Wiley Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Maluccio, John. 2003. Resources at marriage and intrahousehold allocation: evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and South Africa. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 65(3): 283-327. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0084.t01-1-00052
spellingShingle resource allocation
households
gender
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Maluccio, John A.
Resources at marriage and intrahousehold allocation: evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and South Africa
title Resources at marriage and intrahousehold allocation: evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and South Africa
title_full Resources at marriage and intrahousehold allocation: evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and South Africa
title_fullStr Resources at marriage and intrahousehold allocation: evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Resources at marriage and intrahousehold allocation: evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and South Africa
title_short Resources at marriage and intrahousehold allocation: evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and South Africa
title_sort resources at marriage and intrahousehold allocation evidence from bangladesh ethiopia indonesia and south africa
topic resource allocation
households
gender
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157824
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