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Does a Wife's Bargaining Power Provide More Micronutrients to Females : Evidence from Rural Bangladesh

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dc.contributor.authorRahman, Aminur
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-11T20:18:12Z
dc.date.available2013-04-11T20:18:12Z
dc.date.issued2013-02
dc.description.abstractUsing calories in a unitary framework, previous literature has claimed lack of gender inequality in intrahousehold food distribution. This paper finds that while there is lack of gender disparity in the calorie adequacy ratio, the disparity is prominent among children, adolescents, and adults for a number of critical nutrients. Pregnant and lactating women also receive much less of most of these nutrients compared with their requirements. A wife's bargaining power (proxied by assets at marriage), as opposed to her husband's, significantly and positively affects the nutrient allocations of children and adolescents and of adult females. The bargaining effects remain significant after controlling for unobserved household characteristics and the potential nutrition-health-labor market linkage. The findings, which have important policy implications for the growing problem of micronutrient malnutrition in the developing world, also imply that perhaps the nutrition-health-labor market linkage as a key explanation for intrahousehold food distribution has been overemphasized in the previous literature.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17360844/wifes-bargaining-power-provide-more-micronutrients-females-evidence-rural-bangladesh
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6363
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/13167
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 6363
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectADOLESCENT FEMALES
dc.subjectADOLESCENTS
dc.subjectADULTHOOD
dc.subjectAGED
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectANAEMIA
dc.subjectANEMIA
dc.subjectANIMAL PROTEIN
dc.subjectBASIC NEEDS
dc.subjectBIRTHWEIGHT
dc.subjectBLINDNESS
dc.subjectBOTH SEXES
dc.subjectBULLETIN
dc.subjectCALCIUM
dc.subjectCALORIE INTAKE
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.subjectCHILD MORBIDITY
dc.subjectCHILD NUTRITION
dc.subjectCHILD SURVIVAL
dc.subjectCHILDHOOD
dc.subjectCONTROL OVER RESOURCES
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectDEMAND FOR FOOD
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDESCRIPTION
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDIET
dc.subjectDIETARY INTAKES
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectDISTRICTS
dc.subjectDIVORCE
dc.subjectDRINKING WATER
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS
dc.subjectEXERCISES
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFAMILY ECONOMICS
dc.subjectFAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subjectFAMINE
dc.subjectFATHER
dc.subjectFEMALE
dc.subjectFEMALE ADOLESCENTS
dc.subjectFEMALE CHILD
dc.subjectFERTILITY
dc.subjectFOOD AVAILABILITY
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFOOD DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectFOOD INTAKE
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY
dc.subjectFOOD PRICES
dc.subjectFOOD SCIENCE
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectFOOD SUPPLIES
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGENDER DIFFERENCE
dc.subjectGENDER DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectGENDER DISPARITY
dc.subjectGENDER INEQUALITY
dc.subjectHEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subjectHEALTH PRODUCTION
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectHEALTH STATUS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN NUTRITION
dc.subjectHUSBANDS
dc.subjectHYGIENE
dc.subjectIMPACT ON HEALTH
dc.subjectIMPORTANT POLICY
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL HEALTH
dc.subjectINFANT
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY RATES
dc.subjectINFECTIOUS DISEASES
dc.subjectINFORMATION SYSTEM
dc.subjectINHERITANCE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
dc.subjectIODINE
dc.subjectIODINE DEFICIENCIES
dc.subjectIRON
dc.subjectIRON DEFICIENCY
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectLACK OF FOOD
dc.subjectLOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectMARITAL STATUS
dc.subjectMATERNAL DEATHS
dc.subjectMATERNAL MORTALITY
dc.subjectMEDICINE
dc.subjectMICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES
dc.subjectMICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY
dc.subjectMICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION
dc.subjectMICRONUTRIENTS
dc.subjectMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subjectMINERAL
dc.subjectMINERALS
dc.subjectMOBILITY
dc.subjectMORBIDITY
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectMOTHER
dc.subjectMOTHERS
dc.subjectNATIONAL PLAN
dc.subjectNATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION
dc.subjectNEWBORNS
dc.subjectNUTRIENT
dc.subjectNUTRIENT INTAKE
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectNUTRITION INFORMATION
dc.subjectNUTRITION OUTCOMES
dc.subjectNUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
dc.subjectOCCUPATION
dc.subjectOCCUPATIONS
dc.subjectOPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
dc.subjectPENSIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY CHANGE
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY LEVER
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPREFERENCE FOR SONS
dc.subjectPREGNANCY
dc.subjectPREGNANT WOMAN
dc.subjectPREGNANT WOMEN
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPROTEIN
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectPUBLIC POLICY
dc.subjectREPRODUCTION
dc.subjectRESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subjectRICE
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectSEX
dc.subjectSEX DIFFERENCE
dc.subjectSEX DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectSIBLINGS
dc.subjectSOCIAL NORMS
dc.subjectSOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subjectSPOUSE
dc.subjectSPOUSES
dc.subjectSTAGES OF LIFE
dc.subjectSTD
dc.subjectUNDERNUTRITION
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectUNIONS
dc.subjectVEGETABLES
dc.subjectVILLAGE LEVEL
dc.subjectVILLAGES
dc.subjectVITAMIN
dc.subjectVITAMIN A
dc.subjectVITAMIN C
dc.subjectVITAMIN D
dc.subjectVITAMINS
dc.subjectWOMAN
dc.subjectWORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
dc.subjectWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectZINC DEFICIENCY
dc.titleDoes a Wife's Bargaining Power Provide More Micronutrients to Females : Evidence from Rural Bangladeshen
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaGender
okr.crossref.titleDoes a Wife's Bargaining Power Provide More Micronutrients to Females: Evidence from Rural Bangladesh
okr.date.disclosure2013-02-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T12:11:15.831677Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17360844/wifes-bargaining-power-provide-more-micronutrients-females-evidence-rural-bangladesh
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid427841468002665447
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6363
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20130219110837
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum17360844
okr.identifier.reportWPS6363
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryBangladesh
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Population Policies
okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicHousing and Human Habitats
okr.topicGender::Gender and Health
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Nutrition
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements
okr.topicHealth
okr.topicNutrition and Population
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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