Estimating the endogenously determined intrahousehold balance of power and its impact on expenditure pattern : evidence from Nepal

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Estimating the endogenously determined intrahousehold balance of power and its impact on expenditure pattern : evidence from Nepal, Volume 1

Author:	Koolwal, Gayatri; Ray, Ranjan;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working paper series ; no. WPS 2814
Country:	Niger;	Date Stored:	2002/04/19
Document Date:	2002/03/31	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Major Sector:	(Historic)Social Protection
Region:	Africa	Report Number:	WPS2814
Sub Sectors:	Other Social Protection	SubTopics:	Environmental Economics & Policies; Economic Theory & Research; Housing & Human Habitats; Poverty Lines; Health Monitoring & Evaluation; Gender and Social Development; Public Health Promotion; Anthropology
Volume No:	1

Summary: The collective approach to household behavior relaxes the restrictive features of the unitary model by specifying household welfare as a weighted combination of the individuals' utilities. But the weights are assumed fixed or exogenous to the analysis. The authors extend the collective approach by proposing and estimating a framework where the weights are determined and simultaneously estimated with the household outcomes. The authors present Nepalese evidence that suggests that a woman's share of household earnings understates her "power" in making household decisions. An increase in the woman's educational experience leads to a rise in her bargaining power. The results also reveal some interesting nonmonotonic relationships between a woman's "power" and the household's expenditure outcomes.


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