Women’s Decision Making Power and Human Development : Evidence from Pakistan
When deciding who should receive welfare benefits with the aim to increase household well-being, it is necessary to understand the effects of the distribution of power within the households at which the aid is directed. Two primary household models...
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okr-10986-35942021-04-23T14:02:11Z Women’s Decision Making Power and Human Development : Evidence from Pakistan Hou, Xiaohui AGRICULTURE AID ALCOHOL ANIMAL PRODUCTS APARTHEID AUTONOMY BIRTH CONTROL CHILD EDUCATION CHILD LABOR CULTURAL CHANGE CULTURES DAILY LIFE DECISION MAKING ECONOMICS EDUCATION EXPENDITURES ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN EXTENSION FAMILIES FATHER FEMALE FEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD GENDER GIRLS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HEALTH CARE HOME HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBAND HUSBANDS IDENTITY INCOMES LAND OWNERSHIP MARRIED WOMEN MOTHER MOTHERS NUTRITION PENSIONS POWER RURAL AREAS RURAL WOMEN SCHOOLING SOCIAL ISSUES TRADITIONAL CULTURE WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN'S STATUS When deciding who should receive welfare benefits with the aim to increase household well-being, it is necessary to understand the effects of the distribution of power within the households at which the aid is directed. Two primary household models have been used to study intra-household bargaining and decision making: the unitary model and the collective model. The unitary model seems to fit Pakistan's context because the prevailing traditional culture positions the male head as the household decision maker. However, using a set of direct measures of decision-making power from the Pakistan Social and Living Standard Measurement Survey, this study finds that even in a country where men seem to have more power than women, the collective household bargaining model applies. This study also finds that, in Pakistan, when women have more decision-making power at home, households tend to spend more on women's preferred goods (such as clothing and education), family members eat more non-grain food items, and children, particularly girls, are more likely to be enrolled in school. 2012-03-19T18:05:12Z 2012-03-19T18:05:12Z 2011-10-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111005120527 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3594 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5830 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia South Asia South Asia Asia Pakistan |
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AGRICULTURE AID ALCOHOL ANIMAL PRODUCTS APARTHEID AUTONOMY BIRTH CONTROL CHILD EDUCATION CHILD LABOR CULTURAL CHANGE CULTURES DAILY LIFE DECISION MAKING ECONOMICS EDUCATION EXPENDITURES ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN EXTENSION FAMILIES FATHER FEMALE FEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD GENDER GIRLS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HEALTH CARE HOME HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBAND HUSBANDS IDENTITY INCOMES LAND OWNERSHIP MARRIED WOMEN MOTHER MOTHERS NUTRITION PENSIONS POWER RURAL AREAS RURAL WOMEN SCHOOLING SOCIAL ISSUES TRADITIONAL CULTURE WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN'S STATUS |
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AGRICULTURE AID ALCOHOL ANIMAL PRODUCTS APARTHEID AUTONOMY BIRTH CONTROL CHILD EDUCATION CHILD LABOR CULTURAL CHANGE CULTURES DAILY LIFE DECISION MAKING ECONOMICS EDUCATION EXPENDITURES ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN EXTENSION FAMILIES FATHER FEMALE FEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD GENDER GIRLS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HEALTH CARE HOME HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBAND HUSBANDS IDENTITY INCOMES LAND OWNERSHIP MARRIED WOMEN MOTHER MOTHERS NUTRITION PENSIONS POWER RURAL AREAS RURAL WOMEN SCHOOLING SOCIAL ISSUES TRADITIONAL CULTURE WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN'S STATUS Hou, Xiaohui Women’s Decision Making Power and Human Development : Evidence from Pakistan |
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When deciding who should receive welfare
benefits with the aim to increase household well-being, it
is necessary to understand the effects of the distribution
of power within the households at which the aid is directed.
Two primary household models have been used to study
intra-household bargaining and decision making: the unitary
model and the collective model. The unitary model seems to
fit Pakistan's context because the prevailing
traditional culture positions the male head as the household
decision maker. However, using a set of direct measures of
decision-making power from the Pakistan Social and Living
Standard Measurement Survey, this study finds that even in a
country where men seem to have more power than women, the
collective household bargaining model applies. This study
also finds that, in Pakistan, when women have more
decision-making power at home, households tend to spend more
on women's preferred goods (such as clothing and
education), family members eat more non-grain food items,
and children, particularly girls, are more likely to be
enrolled in school. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Hou, Xiaohui |
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Hou, Xiaohui |
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Hou, Xiaohui |
| title |
Women’s Decision Making Power and Human Development : Evidence from Pakistan |
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Women’s Decision Making Power and Human Development : Evidence from Pakistan |
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Women’s Decision Making Power and Human Development : Evidence from Pakistan |
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Women’s Decision Making Power and Human Development : Evidence from Pakistan |
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Women’s Decision Making Power and Human Development : Evidence from Pakistan |
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women’s decision making power and human development : evidence from pakistan |
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2012 |
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http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111005120527 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3594 |
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