Sharing norm, household efficiency and female demand for agency in the Philippines

Jean-Marie Baland, Ludovic Bequet, Catherine Guirkinger and Clarice Manuel

World Development, 2024, vol. 174, issue C

Abstract: Households in the Philippines are characterized by durable unions and a relatively high status of women who are entrusted with the management of household finances. In this setting conducive to cooperation, we expect households to be less inefficient than in other contexts and women to be more inclined to contribute to household income than men. We run experimental games with couples in the rural Philippines i) to test the existence of a sharing rule favouring women; ii) to measure the degree of overall household efficiency and iii) to trace the latter to gender specific behaviors.

Keywords: Household efficiency; Female empowerment; Lab-in-the-field; Philippines (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106463

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