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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Main Author:	Rahman, Aminur
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	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
Online Access:	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