Does a Wife's Bargaining Power Provide More Micronutrients to Females : Evidence from Rural Bangladesh
Using calories in a unitary framework, previous literature has claimed lack of gender inequality in intrahousehold food distribution. This paper finds that while there is lack of gender disparity in the calorie adequacy ratio, the disparity is prom...
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okr-10986-131672021-04-23T14:03:07Z Does a Wife's Bargaining Power Provide More Micronutrients to Females : Evidence from Rural Bangladesh Rahman, Aminur ADOLESCENT FEMALES ADOLESCENTS ADULTHOOD AGED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ANAEMIA ANEMIA ANIMAL PROTEIN BASIC NEEDS BIRTHWEIGHT BLINDNESS BOTH SEXES BULLETIN CALCIUM CALORIE INTAKE CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORBIDITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDHOOD CONTROL OVER RESOURCES DECISION MAKING DEMAND FOR FOOD DEMOCRACY DESCRIPTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIET DIETARY INTAKES DISCRIMINATION DISTRICTS DIVORCE DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS EXERCISES FAMILIES FAMILY ECONOMICS FAMILY MEMBERS FAMINE FATHER FEMALE FEMALE ADOLESCENTS FEMALE CHILD FERTILITY FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD INTAKE FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICES FOOD SCIENCE FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLIES GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DISPARITY GENDER INEQUALITY HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PRODUCTION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN NUTRITION HUSBANDS HYGIENE IMPACT ON HEALTH IMPORTANT POLICY INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFORMATION SYSTEM INHERITANCE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IODINE IODINE DEFICIENCIES IRON IRON DEFICIENCY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR SUPPLY LACK OF FOOD LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARITAL STATUS MATERNAL DEATHS MATERNAL MORTALITY MEDICINE MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY MICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION MICRONUTRIENTS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINERAL MINERALS MOBILITY MORBIDITY MORTALITY MOTHER MOTHERS NATIONAL PLAN NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION NEWBORNS NUTRIENT NUTRIENT INTAKE NUTRITION NUTRITION INFORMATION NUTRITION OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN PENSIONS POLICY CHANGE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY LEVER POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PREFERENCE FOR SONS PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMAN PREGNANT WOMEN PROGRESS PROTEIN PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY REPRODUCTION RESOURCE ALLOCATION RICE SECONDARY SCHOOL SEX SEX DIFFERENCE SEX DIFFERENCES SIBLINGS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL SECURITY SPOUSE SPOUSES STAGES OF LIFE STD UNDERNUTRITION UNEMPLOYMENT UNIONS VEGETABLES VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES VITAMIN VITAMIN A VITAMIN C VITAMIN D VITAMINS WOMAN WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ZINC DEFICIENCY Using calories in a unitary framework, previous literature has claimed lack of gender inequality in intrahousehold food distribution. This paper finds that while there is lack of gender disparity in the calorie adequacy ratio, the disparity is prominent among children, adolescents, and adults for a number of critical nutrients. Pregnant and lactating women also receive much less of most of these nutrients compared with their requirements. A wife's bargaining power (proxied by assets at marriage), as opposed to her husband's, significantly and positively affects the nutrient allocations of children and adolescents and of adult females. The bargaining effects remain significant after controlling for unobserved household characteristics and the potential nutrition-health-labor market linkage. The findings, which have important policy implications for the growing problem of micronutrient malnutrition in the developing world, also imply that perhaps the nutrition-health-labor market linkage as a key explanation for intrahousehold food distribution has been overemphasized in the previous literature. 2013-04-11T20:18:12Z 2013-04-11T20:18:12Z 2013-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17360844/wifes-bargaining-power-provide-more-micronutrients-females-evidence-rural-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13167 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6363 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Bangladesh |
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ADOLESCENT FEMALES ADOLESCENTS ADULTHOOD AGED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ANAEMIA ANEMIA ANIMAL PROTEIN BASIC NEEDS BIRTHWEIGHT BLINDNESS BOTH SEXES BULLETIN CALCIUM CALORIE INTAKE CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORBIDITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDHOOD CONTROL OVER RESOURCES DECISION MAKING DEMAND FOR FOOD DEMOCRACY DESCRIPTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIET DIETARY INTAKES DISCRIMINATION DISTRICTS DIVORCE DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS EXERCISES FAMILIES FAMILY ECONOMICS FAMILY MEMBERS FAMINE FATHER FEMALE FEMALE ADOLESCENTS FEMALE CHILD FERTILITY FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD INTAKE FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICES FOOD SCIENCE FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLIES GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DISPARITY GENDER INEQUALITY HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PRODUCTION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN NUTRITION HUSBANDS HYGIENE IMPACT ON HEALTH IMPORTANT POLICY INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFORMATION SYSTEM INHERITANCE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IODINE IODINE DEFICIENCIES IRON IRON DEFICIENCY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR SUPPLY LACK OF FOOD LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARITAL STATUS MATERNAL DEATHS MATERNAL MORTALITY MEDICINE MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY MICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION MICRONUTRIENTS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINERAL MINERALS MOBILITY MORBIDITY MORTALITY MOTHER MOTHERS NATIONAL PLAN NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION NEWBORNS NUTRIENT NUTRIENT INTAKE NUTRITION NUTRITION INFORMATION NUTRITION OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN PENSIONS POLICY CHANGE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY LEVER POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PREFERENCE FOR SONS PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMAN PREGNANT WOMEN PROGRESS PROTEIN PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY REPRODUCTION RESOURCE ALLOCATION RICE SECONDARY SCHOOL SEX SEX DIFFERENCE SEX DIFFERENCES SIBLINGS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL SECURITY SPOUSE SPOUSES STAGES OF LIFE STD UNDERNUTRITION UNEMPLOYMENT UNIONS VEGETABLES VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES VITAMIN VITAMIN A VITAMIN C VITAMIN D VITAMINS WOMAN WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ZINC DEFICIENCY |
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ADOLESCENT FEMALES ADOLESCENTS ADULTHOOD AGED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ANAEMIA ANEMIA ANIMAL PROTEIN BASIC NEEDS BIRTHWEIGHT BLINDNESS BOTH SEXES BULLETIN CALCIUM CALORIE INTAKE CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORBIDITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDHOOD CONTROL OVER RESOURCES DECISION MAKING DEMAND FOR FOOD DEMOCRACY DESCRIPTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIET DIETARY INTAKES DISCRIMINATION DISTRICTS DIVORCE DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS EXERCISES FAMILIES FAMILY ECONOMICS FAMILY MEMBERS FAMINE FATHER FEMALE FEMALE ADOLESCENTS FEMALE CHILD FERTILITY FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD INTAKE FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICES FOOD SCIENCE FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLIES GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DISPARITY GENDER INEQUALITY HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PRODUCTION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN NUTRITION HUSBANDS HYGIENE IMPACT ON HEALTH IMPORTANT POLICY INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFORMATION SYSTEM INHERITANCE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IODINE IODINE DEFICIENCIES IRON IRON DEFICIENCY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR SUPPLY LACK OF FOOD LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARITAL STATUS MATERNAL DEATHS MATERNAL MORTALITY MEDICINE MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY MICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION MICRONUTRIENTS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINERAL MINERALS MOBILITY MORBIDITY MORTALITY MOTHER MOTHERS NATIONAL PLAN NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION NEWBORNS NUTRIENT NUTRIENT INTAKE NUTRITION NUTRITION INFORMATION NUTRITION OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN PENSIONS POLICY CHANGE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY LEVER POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PREFERENCE FOR SONS PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMAN PREGNANT WOMEN PROGRESS PROTEIN PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY REPRODUCTION RESOURCE ALLOCATION RICE SECONDARY SCHOOL SEX SEX DIFFERENCE SEX DIFFERENCES SIBLINGS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL SECURITY SPOUSE SPOUSES STAGES OF LIFE STD UNDERNUTRITION UNEMPLOYMENT UNIONS VEGETABLES VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES VITAMIN VITAMIN A VITAMIN C VITAMIN D VITAMINS WOMAN WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ZINC DEFICIENCY Rahman, Aminur Does a Wife's Bargaining Power Provide More Micronutrients to Females : Evidence from Rural Bangladesh |
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Using calories in a unitary framework,
previous literature has claimed lack of gender inequality in
intrahousehold food distribution. This paper finds that
while there is lack of gender disparity in the calorie
adequacy ratio, the disparity is prominent among children,
adolescents, and adults for a number of critical nutrients.
Pregnant and lactating women also receive much less of most
of these nutrients compared with their requirements. A
wife's bargaining power (proxied by assets at
marriage), as opposed to her husband's, significantly
and positively affects the nutrient allocations of children
and adolescents and of adult females. The bargaining effects
remain significant after controlling for unobserved
household characteristics and the potential
nutrition-health-labor market linkage. The findings, which
have important policy implications for the growing problem
of micronutrient malnutrition in the developing world, also
imply that perhaps the nutrition-health-labor market linkage
as a key explanation for intrahousehold food distribution
has been overemphasized in the previous literature. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Rahman, Aminur |
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Rahman, Aminur |
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Rahman, Aminur |
| title |
Does a Wife's Bargaining Power Provide More Micronutrients to Females : Evidence from Rural Bangladesh |
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Does a Wife's Bargaining Power Provide More Micronutrients to Females : Evidence from Rural Bangladesh |
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Does a Wife's Bargaining Power Provide More Micronutrients to Females : Evidence from Rural Bangladesh |
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Does a Wife's Bargaining Power Provide More Micronutrients to Females : Evidence from Rural Bangladesh |
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Does a Wife's Bargaining Power Provide More Micronutrients to Females : Evidence from Rural Bangladesh |
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does a wife's bargaining power provide more micronutrients to females : evidence from rural bangladesh |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17360844/wifes-bargaining-power-provide-more-micronutrients-females-evidence-rural-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13167 |
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