Intrahousehold welfare in rural Ethiopia

We examine the relationship between bargaining power and intrahousehold welfare in rural Ethiopia. The relative nutrition of spouses is associated with differences in cognitive ability, independent income and asset devolution upon divorce. Female empowerment benefits child nutrition and education. S...

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Main Authors: Fafchamps, Marcel, Kebede, Bereket, Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2009
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162145
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author Fafchamps, Marcel
Kebede, Bereket
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
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description We examine the relationship between bargaining power and intrahousehold welfare in rural Ethiopia. The relative nutrition of spouses is associated with differences in cognitive ability, independent income and asset devolution upon divorce. Female empowerment benefits child nutrition and education. Spouses’ health, leisure and consumption of assignable goods show no association with differences in bargaining power. The relative nutrition and health of spouses varies across villages, but not in ways predicted by anthropological accounts of female empowerment. Bargaining variables may be weakly associated with intrahousehold welfare because surveyed households are poor and have little room for disagreement over consumption.
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spelling CGSpace1621452025-02-19T14:07:34Z Intrahousehold welfare in rural Ethiopia Fafchamps, Marcel Kebede, Bereket Quisumbing, Agnes R. intrahousehold relations households We examine the relationship between bargaining power and intrahousehold welfare in rural Ethiopia. The relative nutrition of spouses is associated with differences in cognitive ability, independent income and asset devolution upon divorce. Female empowerment benefits child nutrition and education. Spouses’ health, leisure and consumption of assignable goods show no association with differences in bargaining power. The relative nutrition and health of spouses varies across villages, but not in ways predicted by anthropological accounts of female empowerment. Bargaining variables may be weakly associated with intrahousehold welfare because surveyed households are poor and have little room for disagreement over consumption. 2009-08 2024-11-21T10:01:22Z 2024-11-21T10:01:22Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162145 en Limited Access Wiley Fafchamps, Marcel; Kebede, Bereket; Quisumbing, Agnes R. 2009. Intrahousehold welfare in rural Ethiopia. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 71(4): 567-599
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households
Fafchamps, Marcel
Kebede, Bereket
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Intrahousehold welfare in rural Ethiopia
title Intrahousehold welfare in rural Ethiopia
title_full Intrahousehold welfare in rural Ethiopia
title_fullStr Intrahousehold welfare in rural Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Intrahousehold welfare in rural Ethiopia
title_short Intrahousehold welfare in rural Ethiopia
title_sort intrahousehold welfare in rural ethiopia
topic intrahousehold relations
households
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162145
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