Extended Families and Child Well-being

Daniel LaFave and Duncan Thomas

No 20702, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Whereas studies have established the intra-household distribution of resources affects allocation decisions, little is known about how these decisions are affected by the distribution of resources among co-resident and non co-resident extended family members. Drawing on theoretical models of collective decision-making, we use extremely rich data from Indonesia to establish that child health- and education-related human capital outcomes are affected by resources of extended family members who co-reside with the child and those who are not co-resident. Extended family members are not completely altruistic but their allocation decisions are apparently co-ordinated in a way that is consistent with Pareto efficiency.

JEL-codes: D1 I0 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-11
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Published as "Extended families and child development" Journal of Development Economics, 126:52-65, 2017

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