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wives farm separate plots, and there is some specialization by gender in the crops that are grown. These different crops are … composition of household expenditure is sensitive to the gender of the recipient of a rainfall shock. For example, rainfall shocks …
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Tariff reductions have gender-specific effects on the labor market that change the relative bargaining power within …
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We develop and estimate a model of dynamic interactions in which commitment is limited and contracts are incomplete to explain the patterns of income and consumption growth in village economies of less developed countries. Households can insure each other through both formal contracts and...
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-operated farms in Brazil, Paraguay and Peru. Previous studies in Latin America suggest that the gender of the household head is not a …
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pattern by the presence of two household goods and socially learned gender-specific comparative advantage in their home … production. We label this gender specialisation as separate housework spheres. Empirical evidence strongly confirms separate …
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To investigate the role of gender norms in household specialisation choices, I conduct a lab experiment with real … hetero-sexual couples playing a battle of the sexes game. The salience of gender norms varies across treatments: the Norm … consistent with marriage market motives, i.e. some men may want to signal progressive gender attitudes to their partner. …
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pattern by the presence of two household goods and socially learned gender-specific comparative advantage in their home … production. We label this gender specialisation as separate housework spheres. Empirical evidence strongly confirms separate …
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(i.e. number of solved mazes) serving as our proxy for labor supply. We demonstrate that gender identity and (dis …
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allocation decisions and evaluations of their lot. Using Australian data, we employ a two-stage estimation procedure to examine …
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decisions and satisfaction. Using Australian data spanning the years 2001-2014, we employ a two-stage estimation procedure to …'s, that housework in general is not a preferred activity, and that some degree of gender-norm conformity in regard to …
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