Household decision-making and expenditure patterns of married men and women in Malaysia

This study tests two opposing models of household behavior, the income pooling hypothesis and the bargaining model, by examining the final decision-making and expenditure patterns of married men and women in Malaysia. The data used is from the responses of 1,778 married persons obtained from a surve...

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Main Authors:	Abdullah Yusof, Selamah, Duasa, Jarita
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Springer 2010
Subjects:	HC Economic History and Conditions HQ503 The family. Marriage. Home
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spelling	iium-40082015-03-15T21:04:05Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/4008/ Household decision-making and expenditure patterns of married men and women in Malaysia Abdullah Yusof, Selamah Duasa, Jarita HC Economic History and Conditions HQ503 The family. Marriage. Home This study tests two opposing models of household behavior, the income pooling hypothesis and the bargaining model, by examining the final decision-making and expenditure patterns of married men and women in Malaysia. The data used is from the responses of 1,778 married persons obtained from a survey of employed Malaysians. The results show that women are often the final decision-makers on everyday household expenditures while men make the final decisions on large household expenditures, but both men and women practice autonomy in decisions related to financial investments. In spending, variations are observed between men and women in their level and proportion of expenditure of certain categories of goods and services. Relative earning share is a significant factor in decision making as well as consumption expenditure. These results tend to support the bargaining model of household decision-making. Springer 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/4008/1/offprintJEFI.pdf Abdullah Yusof, Selamah and Duasa, Jarita (2010) Household decision-making and expenditure patterns of married men and women in Malaysia. Journal of Family and Economic Issue, 31 (3). pp. 371-381. ISSN 1058-0476 http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/journal/10834 DOI 10.1007/s10834-010-9200-9
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description	This study tests two opposing models of household behavior, the income pooling hypothesis and the bargaining model, by examining the final decision-making and expenditure patterns of married men and women in Malaysia. The data used is from the responses of 1,778 married persons obtained from a survey of employed Malaysians. The results show that women are often the final decision-makers on everyday household expenditures while men make the final decisions on large household expenditures, but both men and women practice autonomy in decisions related to financial investments. In spending, variations are observed between men and women in their level and proportion of expenditure of certain categories of goods and services. Relative earning share is a significant factor in decision making as well as consumption expenditure. These results tend to support the bargaining model of household decision-making.
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author	Abdullah Yusof, Selamah Duasa, Jarita
author_facet	Abdullah Yusof, Selamah Duasa, Jarita
author_sort	Abdullah Yusof, Selamah
title	Household decision-making and expenditure patterns of married men and women in Malaysia
title_short	Household decision-making and expenditure patterns of married men and women in Malaysia
title_full	Household decision-making and expenditure patterns of married men and women in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Household decision-making and expenditure patterns of married men and women in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Household decision-making and expenditure patterns of married men and women in Malaysia
title_sort	household decision-making and expenditure patterns of married men and women in malaysia
publisher	Springer
publishDate	2010
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/4008/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/4008/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/4008/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/4008/1/offprintJEFI.pdf
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Household decision-making and expenditure patterns of married men and women in Malaysia

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