Unitary or Noncooperative Intrahousehold Model? Evidence from Couples in Uganda
We present an overview of the evidence regarding the unitary, collective and noncooperative models of household decision making and discuss how they can affect individual and household welfare. We then discuss the results of an artefactual experime...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/756611565617067318/Unitary-or-Noncooperative-Intrahousehold-Model-Evidence-from-Couples-in-Uganda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32233 |
| Summary: | We present an overview of the evidence
regarding the unitary, collective and noncooperative models
of household decision making and discuss how they can affect
individual and household welfare. We then discuss the
results of an artefactual experiment conducted in Uganda
with spouses in order to test whether household members
maximize common preferences, or instead are willing to pay a
significant cost to hide money from their spouse. We find
that both the unitary and non-cooperative models exist in
the intra-household decision making process and that a
“one-size fits all” model of household decision making is
unlikely to be satisfactory. |
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