In patriarchal societies, sticky norms affect married women's social circles, their autonomy, and the outcomes of intra-household … household; perceived social norms; and an outcome of household bargaining: investments in her children. The analysis instruments … on intra-household decision-making, albeit with substantial decay rates, and thus benefit from targeted rather than …

societies. This paper examines whether dowry impacted household decision making and resource allocation in rural India during …

This paper models household investments in young children when parents and older siblings share caregiving … not related to household structure, subsequent birth spacing, or other observable characteristics, so the presence of an …