Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Cote d'Ivoire
Social Norms, Separate Accounts and Consumption Choices
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5792907 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Esther Duflo (0000-0001-6105-617X, Yale University, corresponding author), Christopher Udry (0000-0002-1605-1916, Yale University) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Publication date | 2004-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REPORT |
| Venue | National Bureau of Economic Research (REPOSITORY) |
| Publisher | National Bureau of Economic Research (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3386/w10498 |
| OpenAlex | W1887790439 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 140 |
| References cited | 19 |
We study resource allocation within households in Côte d'Ivoire.In Côte d'Ivoire, as in much of Africa, husbands and wives farm separate plots, and there is some specialization by gender in the crops that are grown.These different crops are differentially sensitive to particular kinds of rainfall shocks.We find that conditional on overall levels of expenditure, the composition of household expenditure is sensitive to the gender of the recipient of a rainfall shock.For example, rainfall shocks associated with high yields of women's crops shift expenditure towards food.Strong social norms constrain the use of profits from yam cultivation, which is carried out almost exclusively by men.In line with these norms, we find that rainfall-induced fluctuations in income from yams are transmitted to expenditures on education and food, not to expenditures on private goods (like alcohol and tobacco).We reject the hypothesis of complete insurance within households, even with respect to publicly observable weather shocks.Different sources of income are allocated to different uses depending upon both the identity of the income earner and upon the origin of the income
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