Basu and Ray use the collective model of the household and show, theoretically, that as the woman's power rises, child … labor will initially fall, but beyond a point it will tend to rise again. A household with a balanced power structure …

The authors use the collective model of the household and show, theoretically, that as the woman's power rises, child … labor will initially fall, but beyond a point it will tend to rise again. A household with a balanced power structure …

December 1999: Yes - and more efficiently by women than by men, according to this analysis of household survey data for … Bangladesh. An illiterate adult earns significantly more in the nonfarm economy when living in a household with at least one … literate member. According to theory, a member of a collective-action household may or may not share knowledge with others in …

Yes - and more efficiently by women than by men, according to this analysis of household survey data for Bangladesh. An … illiterate adult earns significantly more in the nonfarm economy when living in a household with at least one literate member ….According to theory, a member of a collective-action household may or may not share knowledge with others in that household. Shared …

A member of a collective-action household may or may not share the benefits of literacy with others in that household …; the shared gains from doing so may well be offset by a shift in the balance of power within the family. Using household …, but would also be consistent with an intra-household externality of literacy …