Rahman, Aminur2013-04-112013-04-112013-02https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13167Using 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-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADOLESCENT FEMALESADOLESCENTSADULTHOODAGEDAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONANAEMIAANEMIAANIMAL PROTEINBASIC NEEDSBIRTHWEIGHTBLINDNESSBOTH SEXESBULLETINCALCIUMCALORIE INTAKECHILD HEALTHCHILD MORBIDITYCHILD NUTRITIONCHILD SURVIVALCHILDHOODCONTROL OVER RESOURCESDECISION MAKINGDEMAND FOR FOODDEMOCRACYDESCRIPTIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT POLICYDIETDIETARY INTAKESDISCRIMINATIONDISTRICTSDIVORCEDRINKING WATERECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHESSENTIAL NUTRIENTSEXERCISESFAMILIESFAMILY ECONOMICSFAMILY MEMBERSFAMINEFATHERFEMALEFEMALE ADOLESCENTSFEMALE CHILDFERTILITYFOOD AVAILABILITYFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD DISTRIBUTIONFOOD INTAKEFOOD POLICYFOOD PRICESFOOD SCIENCEFOOD SECURITYFOOD SUPPLIESGENDERGENDER DIFFERENCEGENDER DIFFERENCESGENDER DISPARITYGENDER INEQUALITYHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH PRODUCTIONHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH STATUSHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITIONHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLDSHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN NUTRITIONHUSBANDSHYGIENEIMPACT ON HEALTHIMPORTANT POLICYINDIVIDUAL HEALTHINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATESINFECTIOUS DISEASESINFORMATION SYSTEMINHERITANCEINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEIODINEIODINE DEFICIENCIESIRONIRON DEFICIENCYLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR SUPPLYLACK OF FOODLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMARITAL STATUSMATERNAL DEATHSMATERNAL MORTALITYMEDICINEMICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIESMICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCYMICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITIONMICRONUTRIENTSMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINERALMINERALSMOBILITYMORBIDITYMORTALITYMOTHERMOTHERSNATIONAL PLANNATIONAL PLAN OF ACTIONNEWBORNSNUTRIENTNUTRIENT INTAKENUTRITIONNUTRITION INFORMATIONNUTRITION OUTCOMESNUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTSOCCUPATIONOCCUPATIONSOPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENPENSIONSPOLICY CHANGEPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY LEVERPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPREFERENCE FOR SONSPREGNANCYPREGNANT WOMANPREGNANT WOMENPROGRESSPROTEINPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC POLICYREPRODUCTIONRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRICESECONDARY SCHOOLSEXSEX DIFFERENCESEX DIFFERENCESSIBLINGSSOCIAL NORMSSOCIAL SECURITYSPOUSESPOUSESSTAGES OF LIFESTDUNDERNUTRITIONUNEMPLOYMENTUNIONSVEGETABLESVILLAGE LEVELVILLAGESVITAMINVITAMIN AVITAMIN CVITAMIN DVITAMINSWOMANWORLD FOOD PROGRAMMEWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONZINC DEFICIENCYWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6363