Are Household Production Decisions Cooperative? Evidence on Pastoral Migration and Milk Sales from Northern Kenya

Cheryl Doss () and John McPeak

No 28460, Center Discussion Papers from Yale University, Economic Growth Center

Abstract: Market-based development efforts frequently create opportunities to generate income from goods previously produced and consumed within the household. Production within the household is often characterized by a gender and age division of labor. Market development efforts to improve well being may lead to unanticipated outcomes if household production decisions are non-cooperative. We develop and test models of household decision-making to investigate intra-household decision making in a nomadic pastoral setting from Kenya. Our results suggest that household decisions are contested, with husbands using migration decisions to resist wives' ability to market milk.

Keywords: Consumer/Household; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 43
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.28460

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