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It is not power, but how you use it: Experimental evidence on altruism from households in Pakistan

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  • Farah Said
  • Mahreen Mahmud
  • Giovanna D’Adda
  • Azam Chaudhry

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We investigate altruism among household members in the presence of information asymmetry using artefactual experiments in Pakistan. Having a family member who does not respect one’s control over earned property makes generosity less likely within the experiment. Women, who display greater entitlement over own earnings, are less generous when they can conceal their allocation decisions, showing that self-regarding behaviors are driven by pent-up demand for household members to respect their control over resources. Our findings reveal that understanding household dynamics can be critical for policy makers wanting to maximize welfare outcomes in social protection programs.

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  • Farah Said & Mahreen Mahmud & Giovanna D’Adda & Azam Chaudhry, 2020. "It is not power, but how you use it: Experimental evidence on altruism from households in Pakistan," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(5), pages 426-431, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:27:y:2020:i:5:p:426-431
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2019.1624912
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    1. Osmani, Ahmad Reshad & Okunade, Albert, 2021. "A Double-Hurdle Model of Healthcare Expenditures across Income Quintiles and Family Size: New Insights from a household Survey," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 14(6), pages 246-246.
    2. Nacka, Marina & Drichoutis, Andreas C. & Nayga, Rodolfo, 2024. "Women's Empowerment and Intra-Household Bargaining Power," MPRA Paper 120095, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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