Family Allocation Strategy in the Late Nineteenth Century

Trevon Logan

Chapter Chapter 11 in Standard of Living, 2022, pp 245-277 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract I analyze the intrahousehold allocation of resources among nineteenth-century industrial families. The narrative record and economic theory suggest that we should find allocation differences by gender. Using a large survey of industrial households in the late nineteenth century, I find no evidence of gender bias in household allocations to children, nor can I reject the hypothesis that allocations were efficient. These findings cannot be explained by parental egalitarianism. I find that parents were strategic out of necessity—the future cooperation of children was unknown and highly uncertain, tempering any desire for gender bias in household allocations. Narrative and quantitative evidence supports this conclusion.

Keywords: Parental egalitarianism; Intrahousehold allocation; Gender bias; Earnings potential; Adult consumption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-06477-7_11

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