Buchmann, Nina; Dupas, Pascaline; Ziparo, Roberta - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the dynamic relationship between women's intra-household reputation and investment decisions. We consider … household investments delegated to the wife in settings where wives perceived to be savvy investors by their husbands are …---we call this the intra-household sunk cost effect. These dynamics have important implications for women's well-being as well …