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Intrahousehold Welfare

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  • Marcel Fafchamps
  • Bereket Kebede
  • University of East Anglia
  • Agnes Quisumbing
  • IFPRI

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This paper investigates the determinants affecting the intrahousehold distribution of welfare in poor rural households. Using data from a detailed household survey, we show that many of the factors commonly thought to affect intrahousehold welfare have no significant effect. In particular, access to independent income, control over current decisions and expenditures, and expectations regarding the disposition of assets upon divorce have no systematic effect on nutrition, health, or leisure time. In contrast, intellectual capacity is a strong predictor of nutritional and health status.

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  • Marcel Fafchamps & Bereket Kebede & University of East Anglia & Agnes Quisumbing & IFPRI, 2006. "Intrahousehold Welfare," Economics Series Working Papers GPRG-WPS-044, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:oxf:wpaper:gprg-wps-044
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    1. Tigabu D. Getahun & Espen Villanger, 2018. "Labour-Intensive Jobs for Women and Development: Intra-household Welfare Effects and Its Transmission Channels," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(7), pages 1232-1252, July.
    2. Seth R. Gitter & Bradford L. Barham, 2008. "Women's Power, Conditional Cash Transfers, and Schooling in Nicaragua," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 22(2), pages 271-290, May.
    3. Castilla, Carolina, 2010. "Intra-Household Resource Management Structure and Income-Hiding under Incomplete Information," 2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado 61607, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

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