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Stronger Together: Intra-Household Cooperation and Household Welfare in Malawi

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dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorKilic, Talip
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-27T17:10:54Z
dc.date.available2017-04-27T17:10:54Z
dc.date.issued2017-04
dc.description.abstractIt has long been recognized that household decision-making may not result in outcomes consistent with the unitary household model. Within the collective bargaining framework, consumption decisions would be driven by the spouse with greater bargaining power, while the outcomes would still be Pareto efficient. Within the non-cooperative framework, households would not achieve Pareto efficient outcomes, and under the simplest representation, bargaining power would not affect consumption decisions. This paper develops a model that allows consumption patterns and labor supply to be affected by both bargaining power and non-cooperation. The model highlights the potential gains from improving bargaining power versus increasing cooperation between spouses, and presents conditions under which relatively large gains would be expected from moving to more equitable bargaining power versus achieving intra-household cooperation. The model's predictions are in turn tested using a unique panel data set on married couples in rural Malawi. The analysis shows that, relative to increasing wives' bargaining power, improving cooperation between spouses would exert larger and statistically significant positive impacts on total household income and consumption expenditures per capita, as well as the share of household consumption devoted to public goods. Supported also by cross-country qualitative research, the results suggest that household public goods are relatively important to both women and men in rural Malawi, husbands' capacity to control wives' incomes is relatively limited, and development programs that promote intra-household cooperation could lead to greater gains in income and household public goods provision compared with interventions focusing exclusively on women's empowerment.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/352721493213579147/Stronger-together-intra-household-cooperation-and-household-welfare-in-Malawi
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8043
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/26482
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8043
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectNON-COOPERATIVE BARGAINING MODEL
dc.subjectINTRA-HOUSEHOLD COOPERATION
dc.subjectEMPOWERMENT
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectPARETO EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION
dc.titleStronger Togetheren
dc.title.subtitleIntra-Household Cooperation and Household Welfare in Malawien
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleStronger Together: Intra-Household Cooperation and Household Welfare in Malawi
okr.date.disclosure2017-04-26
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/352721493213579147/Stronger-together-intra-household-cooperation-and-household-welfare-in-Malawi
okr.guid352721493213579147
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8043
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b084b08e1d_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum27398384
okr.identifier.reportWPS8043
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/352721493213579147/pdf/WPS8043.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryMalawi
okr.statistics.combined1890
okr.statistics.dr352721493213579147
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okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Living Standards
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Services & Transfers to Poor
okr.unitDevelopment Data Group
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