In this paper, we investigate the link between intra-household resource allocation and familial ties between household …" familial ties (e.g. a nuclear family household) achieve near Pareto efficient allocation of productive resources and Pareto … efficient allocation of consumption while households with "weaker" familial ties (e.g. an extended family household) do not. We …

The transformation of women's lives in the past century is among the most significant and far-reaching social and … economic phenomena, affecting not only women, but also their partners and children. This Handbook provides the first … special attention is given to developed and developing economies, because the constraints women face and the key policy issues …