HeforShe: Bargaining Power, Parental Beliefs, and Parental Investments

Sarah Walker, Pauline Grosjean, Alejandrina Cristia and Adeline Delavande

No 18775, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: We study the dynamics between intra-household bargaining and parental time-intensive investments in children. We combine novel measures of verbal investments and beliefs about the returns to investment for both parents with hyper-local variation in female bargaining power stemming from traditional inheritance practices. On average, mothers talk more to children than fathers and in a more engaging way. Female bargaining power is associated with higher paternal investment, but only when mothers expect investments to improve child language. These results are consistent with the prediction of a collective model in which powerful women elicit paternal investment when they believe it is important.

Keywords: Parental; investments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 O15 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-01
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