CHILDRENS HEALTH AS AN INPUT TO LABOR - INTRAHOUSEHOLD FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN RURAL INDONESIA

Authors
RALSTON K
Citation
K. Ralston, CHILDRENS HEALTH AS AN INPUT TO LABOR - INTRAHOUSEHOLD FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN RURAL INDONESIA, Journal of policy modeling, 19(5), 1997, pp. 567-586
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
Journal of policy modeling → ACNP
ISSN journal
01618938
Volume
19
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
567 - 586
Database
ISI
SICI code
0161-8938(1997)19:5<567:CHAAIT>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
This study tests the hypothesis that intrahousehold calorie allocation in rural West Java responds to differences in children's labor contri butions to the household. The results support the hypothesis, and also suggest that male children's health is valued more highly by househol ds in the surveyed village than that of female children even after cur rent labor contributions an accounted for. (C) 1997 Society for Policy Modeling. Published by Elsevier Science Inc.