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D'Exelle, Ben 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9332-5223, Lépine, Aurélia, Bakyono, Richard and Tapsoba, Ludovic D. G.
(2023)
Fertility and polygyny: Experimental evidence from Burkina Faso.
Journal of Development Economics, 164.
ISSN 0304-3878
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Abstract
Decision-making about fertility differs between monogamous and polygynous households. In an experiment in Burkina Faso that gives women access to free contraceptives, either alone or with their husband, involving the husband decreases contraceptive use among monogamous women, but not among polygynous women. Where there is co-wife rivalry, it increases contraceptive use. This is consistent with a model where monogamous women have a stronger preference for contraceptives than their husband, while this preference difference is smaller or even reversed among polygynous households due to co-wife competition around fertility.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Financial information: This work was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom (grant ES/N014618/1). |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics Faculty of Social Sciences > School of International Development |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural Economics Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural and Experimental Development Economics Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Environment, Resources and Conflict Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Impact Evaluation |
| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jun 2023 09:32 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jul 2023 09:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/92407 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103134 |
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