Intrahousehold Bargaining and Resource Allocation in Developing Countries

Doss, Cheryl R.

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“…Apart from knowledge and increased income, it also empowers women socially, because it increases their intrahousehold bargaining power and their stake in deciding how household resources should be used. 61 Perhaps it should not be a surprise that some researchers are fascinated with the causal relationships between malaria and poverty, because they believe that better understanding of these dual relationships may unlock the secrets to effective and sustainable global malaria control efforts. [62][63][64] Cell phone ownership, which we used as a proxy for social networking, was also found to be a significant determinant of childhood malaria infection.…”

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Investigating the Important Correlates of Maternal Education and Childhood Malaria Infections

Njau¹,

Stephenson²,

Menon³

et al. 2014

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Abstract. The relationship between maternal education and child health has intrigued researchers for decades. This study explored the interaction between maternal education and childhood malaria infection. Cross-sectional survey data from three African countries were used. Descriptive analysis and multivariate logistic regression models were completed in line with identified correlates. Marginal effects and Oaxaca decomposition analysis on maternal education and childhood malaria infection were also estimated. Children with mothers whose education level was beyond primary school were 4.7% less likely to be malaria-positive (P 0.001). The Oaxaca decomposition analysis exhibited an 8% gap in childhood malaria infection for educated and uneducated mothers. Over 60% of the gap was explained by differences in household wealth (26%), household place of domicile (21%), malaria transmission intensities (14%), and media exposure (12%). All other correlates accounted for only 27%. The full adjusted model showed a robust and significant relationship between maternal education and childhood malaria infection.

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Investigating the Important Correlates of Maternal Education and Childhood Malaria Infections

Njau¹,

Stephenson²,

Menon³

et al. 2014

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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“…Although causality is hard to establish between power and desired outcomes, feminist economists oftentimes see intra-household bargaining power as a discursive resource that women (can) draw on for the sake of improving the strength of their decision-making, social position and status [113].…”

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What about Gender in Climate Change? Twelve Feminist Lessons from Development

Jerneck

2018

Sustainability

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Adaptation and mitigation are two key responses to climate change. In the global South they prompt many questions: what is the direction and degree of change needed? How can new climate change policies be aligned with existing development initiatives? How are core social relations such as gender understood and prioritized in relation to technical and other solutions? In search of synergies between adaptation, development and mitigation, this article asks a pertinent question for sub-Saharan small-scale agriculture in particular: what can adaptation and mitigation learn from development debates on social goal setting, institutional change and gender equality? From the perspective of sustainability science and feminist literature, three main findings emerge. First, as regards social goal setting, adaptation and mitigation should, like development, support the escape out of poverty, ill-health and food-insecurity. Second, as regards institutions, adaptation and mitigation should address how gender regulates access to, use of and control over resources in terms of labor, land and strategic decision-making power. Third, as regards gender equality, adaptation and mitigation should learn from how development in theory and practice has addressed gender, women, nature and the environment. At its core, the analysis contributes twelve salient themes that can significantly inform adaptation and mitigation in research, policy and practice, thus serving as inspiration for a critical debate on much needed synergetic trajectories.

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“…Nevertheless, the study acknowledges the role of women's economic empowerment in improving their bargaining power and leading to positive outcomes for women and children (Agarwal, 1997;Doss, 2006Doss, , 2013Quisumbing and Maluccio, 2003). The translation of increased bargaining power to a more equitable division of labor within the household also depends on what women bargain for.…”

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Gender Differences in Time-Poverty in Rural Mozambique

Arora

2015

Review of Social Economy

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractThe study examines the nature and extent of time poverty experienced by men and women in subsistence households in Mozambique. Gender roles, shaped by patriarchal norms, place heavy work obligations on women. Time-use data from a primary household survey in Mozambique is used for this analysis. The main findings suggest that women's labor allocation to economic activities is comparable to that of men. Household chores and care work are women's responsibility, which they perform with minimal assistance from men. The heavy burden of responsibilities leave women time poorer, compared to 50% of women, only 8% of men face time constraints. Women's time poverty worsens when the burden of simultaneous care work is taken into account. Not only women work longer hours, due to multi-tasking, the work tends to be more taxing. The examination of determinants of time poverty show that measures of bargaining power like assets and education do not necessarily affect time poverty faced by women. Preliminary draft AbstractThe study examines the nature and extent of time poverty experienced by men and women in subsistence households in Mozambique. Gender roles, shaped by patriarchal norms, place heavy work obligations on women. Time-use data from a primary household survey in Mozambique is used for this analysis. The main findings suggest that women's labor allocation to economic activities is comparable to that of men. Household chores and care work are women's responsibility, which they perform with minimal assistance from men. The heavy burden of responsibilities leave women time poorer, compared to 50% of women, only 8% of men face time constraints. Women's time poverty worsens when the burden of simultaneous care work is taken into account. Not only women work longer hours, due to multi-tasking, the work tends to be more taxing. The examination of determinants of time poverty show that measures of bargaining power like assets and education do not necessarily affect time poverty faced by women.

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Intrahousehold Bargaining and Resource Allocation in Developing Countries

Cited by 460 publications

References 48 publications

Investigating the Important Correlates of Maternal Education and Childhood Malaria Infections

Investigating the Important Correlates of Maternal Education and Childhood Malaria Infections

What about Gender in Climate Change? Twelve Feminist Lessons from Development

Gender Differences in Time-Poverty in Rural Mozambique

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