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OLS estimation of the intra-household distribution of expenditure
Lechene, Valérie; Pendakur, Krishna; Wolf, Alex - 2021
to data from 12 countries, and investigate resource shares, gender gaps, and poverty at the individual level. We reject … equal sharing, and find large gender gaps in resource shares, and consequently in poverty rates, in some countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583605
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The distributive consequuences of machismo: A simulation analysis of intrahousehold allocation
Cuesta, Jose - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
monetary poverty and inequality. Intra-household gender discrimination has been widely shown to shape expenditure decisions … dominated by gender discrimination among household members. Estimates for Chile show a substantial worsening of poverty and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836291
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Differences in food insecurity between girls and boys: Evidence from Zimbabwe
Gundersen, Craig; Kuku, Yemisi; Kelly, Thomas - 2007
insecurity by individual household members were ignored. Results show no gender differences in food insecurity for the children … carried out to further investigate if any differences existed after controlling for other factors. While gender still did not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284535
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Child Undernutrition in India
Gaiha, Raghav; Jha, Raghbendra; Kulkarni, Vani S. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010
, simultaneous occurrence of anthropometric failures (e.g. stunting and underweight, and stunting, wasting and underweight) is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008504452
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OLS estimation of the intra-household distribution of expenditure
Lechene, Valérie; Pendakur, Krishna; Wolf, Alex - 2021
to data from 12 countries, and investigate resource shares, gender gaps, and poverty at the individual level. We reject … equal sharing, and find large gender gaps in resource shares, and consequently in poverty rates, in some countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012625397
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The More the Poorer? Resource Sharing and Scale Economies in Large Families
Calvi, Rossella; Penglase, Jacob; Tommasi, Denni; Wolf, … - 2020
The structure of a family may have important consequences for the material well-being of its members. For example, in large families, an individual must share resources with many others, but she may benefit from economies of scale in consumption. In this paper, we study individual consumption in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497849
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Poverty and intra-household resource allocation in Surinamese households
Khadan, Jeetendra; Strobl, Eric; Tuffour, Theophiline - 2020
between men and women, but that there is no gender bias among children. We also find that children are least poor members of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012534421
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The more the poorer? : resource sharing and scale economies in large families
Calvi, Rossella; Penglase, Jacob; Tommasi, Denni; Wolf, … - 2020
The structure of a family may have important consequences for the material well-being of its members. For example, in large families, an individual must share resources with many others, but she may benefit from economies of scale in consumption. In this paper, we study individual consumption in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389002
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Poverty and intra-household resource allocation in Surinamese households
Khadan, Jeetendra; Strobl, Eric; Tuffour, Theophiline - 2020
between men and women, but that there is no gender bias among children. We also find that children are least poor members of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153189
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Dentro la famiglia: le condizioni di vita dei bambini
Colombini, Sara; Silvestri, Paolo - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2008
On the basis of a local household survey, this paper examines the economic and social conditions of families with children under fifteen. The analysis refers to a particular area, the province of Modena, one of the richest in Italy, with high female occupation rates and a good deal of public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008517816