Kazianga, Harounan and Wahhaj, Zaki (2017) Intra-household Resource Allocation and Familial Ties. Journal of Development Economics, 127 . pp. 109-132. ISSN 0304-3878. (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2017.03.002) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided)
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Abstract
In this paper, we investigate the link between intra-household resource allocation and familial ties between household members. We show that, within the same geographic, economic and social environments, households where members have `stronger' familial ties (nuclear family households) achieve near Pareto efficient allocation of productive resources and Pareto efficient allocation of consumption while households with `weaker' familial ties (extended family households) do not. We propose a theoretical model of the household based on the idea that altruism between household members vary with familial ties which generates predictions consistent with the observed empirical patterns.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled keywords: | Intra-household Allocation, Social Norms, Extended Families, Altruism, Household Farms, Income Shocks, Risk-sharing, Consumption Smoothing |
Subjects: |
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
Divisions: | Faculties > Social Sciences > School of Economics |
Depositing User: | Zaki Wahhaj |
Date Deposited: | 05 Mar 2017 00:10 UTC |
Last Modified: | 14 Aug 2017 13:57 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/60717 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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