the collective household model, we examine the possibility that men within couples use polygyny as a threat to influence …

Women may face systematically greater benefits than men from adopting certain technologies. Yet women often hold lower … bargaining power, meaning that men's preferences may constrain household adoption when decisions are joint. When low female … preferred by men) in an area with high HIV prevalence. We observe an increase in the likelihood that women have sex and find …

Women may face systematically greater benefits than men from adopting certain technologies. Yet women often hold lower … bargaining power, meaning that men's preferences may constrain household adoption when decisions are joint. When low female … preferred by men - in an area with high HIV prevalence. We observe an increase in the likelihood that women have sex and find …

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 …

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 …