DOES FEMALE INCOME SHARE INFLUENCE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES - EVIDENCE FROM COTE-DIVOIRE

Authors
HODDINOTT J HADDAD L
Citation
J. Hoddinott et L. Haddad, DOES FEMALE INCOME SHARE INFLUENCE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES - EVIDENCE FROM COTE-DIVOIRE, Oxford bulletin of economics and statistics, 57(1), 1995, pp. 77-96
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods",Economics,"Mathematical, Methods, Social Sciences","Statistic & Probability
Journal title
Oxford bulletin of economics and statistics → ACNP
ISSN journal
03059049
Volume
57
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
77 - 96
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-9049(1995)57:1<77:DFISIH>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
This paper uses a non-cooperative bargaining model to motivate an empi rical analysis of the determinants of household expenditures. Drawing on a national household survey from the Cote d'Ivoire, we find that ra ising women's share of cash income increases the budget share of food, and reduces the budget shares of alcohol and cigarettes. These effect s are robust to changes in functional form, are reflected in reduced f orm estimates and concur with results obtained by examining single sex households.