WOMENS INCOME AND BOY-GIRL ANTHROPOMETRIC STATUS IN THE COTE-DIVOIRE

Authors
HADDAD L HODDINOTT J
Citation
L. Haddad et J. Hoddinott, WOMENS INCOME AND BOY-GIRL ANTHROPOMETRIC STATUS IN THE COTE-DIVOIRE, World development, 22(4), 1994, pp. 543-553
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Planning & Development",Economics
Journal title
World development → ACNP
ISSN journal
0305750X
Volume
22
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
543 - 553
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-750X(1994)22:4<543:WIABAS>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
This paper examines the effects of the intrahousehold distribution of income on children's anthropometric status in the Cote d'Ivoire. We fi nd that increases in the proportion of cash income accruing to women i ncreases boys' height-for-age relative to girls, and that this effect is statistically significant. We suggest that this result may reflect efficiency and equity concerns which, in this case, reinforce each oth er.