Verschoor, Arjan, Kebede, Bereket ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4163-6614, Munro, Alistair and Tarazona, Marcela
(2017)
Spousal Control and Efficiency of Intra-Household Decision Making: Experiments among Married Couples in India, Ethiopia and Nigeria.
Abstract
We examine whether the nature of gender relations matters for the effects on household efficiency of exogenous variation in spousal control over the intra-household allocation of resources. Experiments testing for efficiency were conducted among married couples in eight sites representing a range of conjugal cultures: from an extreme form of separate spheres in northern Nigeria to (male) centralised control in North India, along with a variety of intermediate cases. Inefficiency is widespread, varies greatly and tends to be lower when wives control the allocation. The exception is a site in northern Nigeria where female control over resources is well established.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | sdg 5 - gender equality ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality |
Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development) |
UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Impact Evaluation Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural and Experimental Development Economics |
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Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
Date Deposited: | 30 Jul 2018 09:30 |
Last Modified: | 20 Oct 2023 01:34 |
URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/67881 |
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