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Gender, information and the efficiency of household production decisions : an experiment in rural Togo
Apedo-Amah, Marie Christine; Djebbari, Habiba; Ziparo, … - 2020
production inefficiencies relate to consumption decisions and information sharing within the household. In a lab …-in-the-field experiment, male producers allocate too few inputs to their wife's plot, failing to maximize household aggregate profits. They do … further leads to sharp predictions. Joint contribution to a household public good compels spouses to make efficient production …
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Is ignorance bliss? : effect of asymmetric information between spouses on intra-household allocations
Castilla, Carolina; Walker, Thomas - In: The American economic review 103 (2013) 3, pp. 263-268
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What's yours is mine, and what's mine is mine : field experiment on income concealing between spouses in India
Castilla, Carolina - In: Journal of development economics 137 (2019), pp. 125-140
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Hidden Information Problems in the Design of Family Allowances
Cigno, Alessandro; Luporini, Annalisa; Pettini, Anna - 2021
We consider a case where some of the parents have higher ability to raise children than others. First-best policy gives both types of parents the same level of utility. If parental actions are not fully observable, however, the policy maker has to take into account the incentive-compatibility...
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Truthtelling in Mmtching markets
Hagenbach, Jeanne; Koessler, Frédéric; Trégouët, Thomas - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 119 (2017) 4, pp. 882-909
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Is Ignorance Bliss? The Effect of Asymmetric Information between Spouses on Intra-household Allocations
Castilla, Carolina; Walker, Thomas - 2013
We conducted a field experiment in Southern Ghana to test the effect of asymmetric information on intrahousehold allocation. A lottery was conducted, where prizes were distributed in public and in private. The results indicate that asymmetric information over windfalls has a differential effect...
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Let's talk about the money : spousal communication, expenditures, and farm production
Chen, Joyce J.; Collins, LaPorchia A. - In: American journal of agricultural economics 96 (2014) 5, pp. 1272-1290
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L'"économie des organisations" et l'analyse du comportement des unités domestiques en Afrique sub-saharienne
Requier-Desjardins, Denis - In: Economie appliquée : archives de l'Institut de … 47 (1994) 4, pp. 105-131
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Still Waiting for Mister Right? Asymmetric Information, Abortion Laws and the Timing of Marriage
Bowmaker, Simon W. - 2009
hypothesis. This paper presents an alternative theory of abortion access and marriage based on asymmetric information, which …Previous studies have suggested that more liberal abortion laws should lead to a decrease in marriage rates among young … suggests that more liberal abortion laws may actually promote young marriage. An empirical examination of marriage data from …
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Still waiting for mister right? : asymmetric information, abortion laws and the timing of marriage
Bowmaker, Simon W.; Emerson, Patrick M. - 2009
hypothesis. This paper presents an alternative theory of abortion access and marriage based on asymmetric information, which …Previous studies have suggested that more liberal abortion laws should lead to a decrease in marriage rates among young … suggests that more liberal abortion laws may actually promote young marriage. An empirical examination of marriage data from …
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