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WOMEN'S ASSET AND INTRAHOUSEHOLD ALLOCATION IN RURAL BANGLADESH: TESTING MEASURES OF BARGAINING POWER

Authors

Agnes Quisumbing, Bénédicte de la Brière, Quisumbing, Agnes R., De La Briere, Benedicte

Published InAgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA)

Year2000

Citations143

DOI10.22004/ag.econ.15964

Abstract

This paper examines how differences in the bargaining power of husband and wife affect the distribution of expenditures in rural Bangladeshi households.It contributes to the literature testing various household models by using measures of bargaining power that have been informed by ethnographic evidence and qualitative methods.

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Social Sciences Gender Studies Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Income, Poverty, and Inequality Labour economics Demographic economics Econometrics Finance Microeconomics Social science Law Computer security Archaeology