Asset Ownership and Egalitarian Decision Making in Dual-headed Households in Ecuador

Carmen Diana Deere () and Jennifer Twyman
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Jennifer Twyman: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Review of Radical Political Economics, 2012, vol. 44, issue 3, 313-320

Abstract: Most studies of household decision making focus on the factors associated with women’s ability to make decisions autonomously. This paper is concerned with egalitarian decision making, defined as where both men and women consider that they themselves make decisions jointly, and where they agree that their spouses participate in decisions in a similar fashion. We offer evidence that in Ecuador women’s command over resources is associated with egalitarian decision making among couples. Women’s share of couples’ wealth is positively and significantly associated with the likelihood of joint decision making regarding their decision to work and to spend income.JEL classification: J16; D13; D31; 054

Keywords: intra-household decision making; household wealth; women’s asset ownership (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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