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Strategic Choices in Polygamous Households: Theory and Evidence from Senegal

Rossi, Pauline - 2016

This paper proposes a strategic framework to account for fertility choices in polygamous households. A theoretical model specifies the main drivers of fertility in the African context and describes how the fertility of one wife might impact the behavior of her co-wives. It generates predictions...

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Female Early Marriage and Son Preference in Pakistan

Mughal, Mazhar; Javed, Rashid; Lorey, Thierry - 2023

whether, and to what extent, does the incidence of early marriage shape the married women's perspectives on gender preference … have sharpened over time. The findings of this study underscore the role played by early marriage in altering the gender …-specific attitudes prevalent in the society, and highlight existing gender inequality traps. …

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Female Early Marriage and Son Preference in Pakistan

Mughal, Mazhar; Javed, Rashid; Lorey, Thierry - 2023

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Entitled to Property: How Breaking the Gender Barrier Improves Child Health in India

Hossain, Md Shahadath; Nikolov, Plamen - 2023

Non-unitary household models suggest that enhancing women's bargaining power can influence child health, a crucial determinant of human capital and economic standing throughout adulthood. We examine the effects of a policy shift, the Hindu Succession Act Amendment (HSAA), which granted...

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On the economics of others

Stark, Oded - 2014

We relate to others in two important ways: we care about others, and we care about how we fare in comparison to others. In some contexts, these two forms of relatedness interact. Caring about others can conveniently be labeled altruism. Caring about how we fare in comparison with others who fare...

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Intra-Household Redistribution of Income and Calorie Consumption in South-Western Nigeria

Aromolaran, Adebayo B. - 2004

This study investigates how per capita calorie intake in low income households of rural southwestern Nigeria responds to changes in total household income and women's share of household income. The study addresses two major questions. First, is calorie-income elasticity large enough to justify...

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Gender Discrimination in the Allocation of Migrant Household Resources

Antman, Francisca M. - 2015

This paper considers the relationship between international migration and gender discrimination through the lens of …

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Impact of Hospital Delivery on Child Mortality: An Analysis of Adolescent Mothers in Bangladesh

Pal, Sarmistha - 2015

The present paper provides new evidence that hospital delivery can significantly lower child mortality risks, especially among vulnerable young adolescent mothers in Bangladesh. We exploit the exogenous variation in community's access to local health facilities (both traditional and modern)...

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A Sharing Model of the Household: Explaining the Deaton-Paxson Paradox and Computing Household Indifference Scales

Gutierrez, Federico H. - 2018

This paper presents a new model of the household that is able to explain a variety of consumption patterns that existing models cannot describe, most notably, those associated with the Deaton and Paxson (1998) paradox. The most distinctive feature of this model is the presence of common-pool...

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Empowering women through education and influence: An evaluation of the Indian Mahila Samakhya program

Kandpal, Eeshani; Baylis, Kathy; Arends-Kuenning, Mary P. - 2012

This paper shows that participation in a community-level female empowerment program in India significantly increases participants' physical mobility, political participation, and access to employment. The program provides support groups, literacy camps, adult education classes, and vocational...

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