Intrahousehold Bargaining and Resource Allocation in Developing Countries

Many key development outcomes depend on women s ability to negotiate favorable intrahousehold allocations of resources. Yet it has been difficult to clearly identify which policies can increase women's bargaining power and result in better outcomes. This paper reviews both the analytical framew...

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Main Author:	Doss, Cheryl
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2014
Subjects:	Bargaining bargaining power Development Economics development effectiveness economic benefits economics Employment human capital income innovations labor allocation labor allocations labor force labor force participation labor supply political economy property rights rents resource allocation wages
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19492

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spelling	okr-10986-194922021-04-23T14:03:52Z Intrahousehold Bargaining and Resource Allocation in Developing Countries Doss, Cheryl Bargaining bargaining power Development Economics development effectiveness economic benefits economics Employment human capital income innovations labor allocation labor allocations labor force labor force participation labor supply political economy property rights rents resource allocation wages Many key development outcomes depend on women s ability to negotiate favorable intrahousehold allocations of resources. Yet it has been difficult to clearly identify which policies can increase women's bargaining power and result in better outcomes. This paper reviews both the analytical frameworks and the empirical evidence on the importance of women's bargaining power. It argues that there is sufficient evidence from rigorous studies to conclude that women's bargaining power does affect outcomes. But in many specific instances, the quantitative evidence cannot rigorously identify causality. In these cases, a combination of quantitative and qualitative evidence may suggest policy levers. Taken together, there are sufficient data in place to support a greatly expanded focus on intrahousehold outcomes and bargaining power. Additional data at the individual level will allow for further and more detailed research. A growing literature supports the current conventional wisdom -- namely, that the patterns of evidence suggest that women s education, incomes, and assets all are important aspects of women s bargaining power. 2014-08-20T16:35:20Z 2014-08-20T16:35:20Z 2013-02 Journal Article World Bank Research Observer 1564-6971 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19492 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article
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spellingShingle	Bargaining bargaining power Development Economics development effectiveness economic benefits economics Employment human capital income innovations labor allocation labor allocations labor force labor force participation labor supply political economy property rights rents resource allocation wages Doss, Cheryl Intrahousehold Bargaining and Resource Allocation in Developing Countries
description	Many key development outcomes depend on women s ability to negotiate favorable intrahousehold allocations of resources. Yet it has been difficult to clearly identify which policies can increase women's bargaining power and result in better outcomes. This paper reviews both the analytical frameworks and the empirical evidence on the importance of women's bargaining power. It argues that there is sufficient evidence from rigorous studies to conclude that women's bargaining power does affect outcomes. But in many specific instances, the quantitative evidence cannot rigorously identify causality. In these cases, a combination of quantitative and qualitative evidence may suggest policy levers. Taken together, there are sufficient data in place to support a greatly expanded focus on intrahousehold outcomes and bargaining power. Additional data at the individual level will allow for further and more detailed research. A growing literature supports the current conventional wisdom -- namely, that the patterns of evidence suggest that women s education, incomes, and assets all are important aspects of women s bargaining power.
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author	Doss, Cheryl
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title	Intrahousehold Bargaining and Resource Allocation in Developing Countries
title_short	Intrahousehold Bargaining and Resource Allocation in Developing Countries
title_full	Intrahousehold Bargaining and Resource Allocation in Developing Countries
title_fullStr	Intrahousehold Bargaining and Resource Allocation in Developing Countries
title_full_unstemmed	Intrahousehold Bargaining and Resource Allocation in Developing Countries
title_sort	intrahousehold bargaining and resource allocation in developing countries
publisher	Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2014
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Intrahousehold Bargaining and Resource Allocation in Developing Countries

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