Unitary or Noncooperative Intrahousehold Model? Evidence from Couples in Uganda

We present an overview of the evidence regarding the unitary, collective and noncooperative models of household decision making and discuss how they can affect individual and household welfare. We then discuss the results of an artefactual experime...

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Main Authors:	Fiala, Nathan, He, Xi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2019
Subjects:	HOUSEHOLD DECISION-MAKING HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/756611565617067318/Unitary-or-Noncooperative-Intrahousehold-Model-Evidence-from-Couples-in-Uganda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32233

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spelling	okr-10986-322332021-05-25T10:54:42Z Unitary or Noncooperative Intrahousehold Model? Evidence from Couples in Uganda Fiala, Nathan He, Xi HOUSEHOLD DECISION-MAKING HOUSEHOLD WELFARE We present an overview of the evidence regarding the unitary, collective and noncooperative models of household decision making and discuss how they can affect individual and household welfare. We then discuss the results of an artefactual experiment conducted in Uganda with spouses in order to test whether household members maximize common preferences, or instead are willing to pay a significant cost to hide money from their spouse. We find that both the unitary and non-cooperative models exist in the intra-household decision making process and that a “one-size fits all” model of household decision making is unlikely to be satisfactory. 2019-08-13T17:27:17Z 2019-08-13T17:27:17Z 2016-04-05 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/756611565617067318/Unitary-or-Noncooperative-Intrahousehold-Model-Evidence-from-Couples-in-Uganda World Bank Economic Review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32233 English CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Uganda
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description	We present an overview of the evidence regarding the unitary, collective and noncooperative models of household decision making and discuss how they can affect individual and household welfare. We then discuss the results of an artefactual experiment conducted in Uganda with spouses in order to test whether household members maximize common preferences, or instead are willing to pay a significant cost to hide money from their spouse. We find that both the unitary and non-cooperative models exist in the intra-household decision making process and that a “one-size fits all” model of household decision making is unlikely to be satisfactory.
format	Journal Article
author	Fiala, Nathan He, Xi
author_facet	Fiala, Nathan He, Xi
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title	Unitary or Noncooperative Intrahousehold Model? Evidence from Couples in Uganda
title_short	Unitary or Noncooperative Intrahousehold Model? Evidence from Couples in Uganda
title_full	Unitary or Noncooperative Intrahousehold Model? Evidence from Couples in Uganda
title_fullStr	Unitary or Noncooperative Intrahousehold Model? Evidence from Couples in Uganda
title_full_unstemmed	Unitary or Noncooperative Intrahousehold Model? Evidence from Couples in Uganda
title_sort	unitary or noncooperative intrahousehold model? evidence from couples in uganda
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/756611565617067318/Unitary-or-Noncooperative-Intrahousehold-Model-Evidence-from-Couples-in-Uganda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32233
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Unitary or Noncooperative Intrahousehold Model? Evidence from Couples in Uganda

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