Gender Bias in Intrahousehold Allocation : Evidence from an Unintentional Experiment

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dc.creatorBraido, Luis H.B.
dc.creatorOlinto, Pedro
dc.creatorPerrone, Helena
dc.date2015-02-12T19:57:47Z
dc.date2015-02-12T19:57:47Z
dc.date2012-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:04:41Z
dc.descriptionWe use data from a Brazilian social program to investigate the existence of gender bias in intrahousehold allocations of resources. The program makes cash transfers to mothers and pregnant women in poor households. Bureaucratic mistakes, beyond the control of the applicants, have inadvertently excluded many households that had applied and were accepted to the program. This unintentional natural experiment is used to identify the impact of an exogenous variation in female nonlabor income over household consumption. We find that program participation led to an increase in food expenditure, but this effect is not due to women being the benefit recipients.
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dc.identifierReview of Economics and Statistics
dc.identifier0034-6535
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/21435
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/21435
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/415016
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherMIT Press
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectconditional cash transfers
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectinfant mortality
dc.subjecthealth eduction
dc.subjecthousehold expenditure
dc.subjectPROGRESA
dc.subjectBA program
dc.subjectBolsa Escola
dc.subjectfamily expenditures
dc.subjectBolsa Alimentação
dc.titleGender Bias in Intrahousehold Allocation : Evidence from an Unintentional Experiment
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeArticle de journal
dc.typeArtículo de revista

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