Essays about: "intra-household allocation"
Found 5 essays containing the words intra-household allocation.
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1. The Effect of Monetary Policy On Divorce: Evidence From Australia Between 2007 And 2018
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : The effect of monetary policy on divorce has implications on intra-household resource allocation and inequality. This thesis utilizes the HILDA data in Australia between 2007 and 2018. It has identified three potentially unexpected monetary policy shocks that could affect marital status. READ MORE
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2. Gender Norms, Temporal Flexibility, and Talent Misallocation
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : To what extent do unequal gender roles in the household affect aggregate outputs when there is temporal inflexibility in the labor market? Following Goldin (2014) and Erosa et al. (2022)'s narrative of how disproportionate rewards to long hours create a source of distortion in the labor market, we explore the aggregate effects of gender differences exacerbated by nonlinear wage structures through a static model calibrated on US labor force data. READ MORE
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3. 'The world has changed; these days, women are the ones who are keeping their families'. Gender norms, women's economic empowerment and male capture in the rural Tanzanian poultry value-chain
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : The study presented in this thesis aimed to explore how gender norms in four rural districts in Kilimanjaro and Lindi Region of Tanzania might influence rural women chicken farmers' economic empowerment when an urban vendor introduces an improved breed of chicken. More specifically, the following aims were explored: the normative expectations for husbands and wives in the communities researched, and how these expectations may influence intra-household negotiation processes following a market-led intervention within the Tanzanian poultry value-chain; if and how intra-household resource allocation may be changed if profits were to increase within a women-led business. READ MORE
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4. Rainfall Shocks and the Effects on Child Anthropometric Measures in Rural Ethiopia: Empirical Evidence of Gender Differences
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This paper seeks to estimate the effects of rainfall fluctuations on the anthropometric health of children under the age of five in rural Ethiopia. Our interest is to study whether boys and girls experience differential treatment in the intra-household allocation of resources towards health following rainfall shocks in the previous rainy season and whether or not children of different ages are especially sensitive. READ MORE
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5. Understanding village poultry through the agricultural household model : a systematic literature review
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : Village poultry fulfils many roles in the livelihood of rural households such as food security and income generation. Their global prevalence in tropical villages attests to their relative ease of production and low demands on household resources. READ MORE
