In many developing countries, unexpected income shocks are common, formal insurance is absent, and informal inter-household risk-sharing networks are unable to provide full insurance. An important question is therefore whether risk sharing within the household is effective. I conducted a field experiment in Western Kenya in which 142 married couples were followed for approximately 8 weeks. Every week, each individual had a 50% chance of receiving an income shock equivalent to a few days' income. Since these shocks are, by definition, small relative to lifetime income, they should not affect intra-household bargaining power and should only affect a Pareto efficient household through the pooled budget constraint. However, I find that men incr...
We use panel data from a household survey conducted in Vietnam to analyze the effectiveness of infor...
Studies of intra-household resource allocation have typically omitted income earned jointly, by two ...
This paper synthesizes the results of five studies using household panel data from Bangladesh, Ethio...
In developing countries, unexpected income shocks are common but informal insurance is typically inc...
In many developing countries, unexpected income shocks are common, formal insurance is absent, and i...
In many developing countries, unexpected income shocks are common, formal insurance is absent, and i...
This paper presents results from a randomized …eld experiment to test for the impor- tance of limite...
This paper presents results from a randomized field experiment to test for the importance of limited...
This paper presents results from a randomized field experiment to test for the importance of limited...
I test a model of Pareto efficient risk sharing within households using consumption data from Ghana....
While it is recognized that the family is primarily an institution for risk sharing, little is know...
While it is recognized that the family is primarily an institution for risk sharing, little is known...
While it is recognized that the family is primarily an institution for risk sharing, little is known...
Much of the literature on consumption smoothing and on risk sharing has focused on the ability of th...
A common feature of many intra-household models is the assumption of efficiency. This paper uses an ...
We use panel data from a household survey conducted in Vietnam to analyze the effectiveness of infor...
Studies of intra-household resource allocation have typically omitted income earned jointly, by two ...
This paper synthesizes the results of five studies using household panel data from Bangladesh, Ethio...
In developing countries, unexpected income shocks are common but informal insurance is typically inc...
In many developing countries, unexpected income shocks are common, formal insurance is absent, and i...
In many developing countries, unexpected income shocks are common, formal insurance is absent, and i...
This paper presents results from a randomized …eld experiment to test for the impor- tance of limite...
This paper presents results from a randomized field experiment to test for the importance of limited...
This paper presents results from a randomized field experiment to test for the importance of limited...
I test a model of Pareto efficient risk sharing within households using consumption data from Ghana....
While it is recognized that the family is primarily an institution for risk sharing, little is know...
While it is recognized that the family is primarily an institution for risk sharing, little is known...
While it is recognized that the family is primarily an institution for risk sharing, little is known...
Much of the literature on consumption smoothing and on risk sharing has focused on the ability of th...
A common feature of many intra-household models is the assumption of efficiency. This paper uses an ...
We use panel data from a household survey conducted in Vietnam to analyze the effectiveness of infor...
Studies of intra-household resource allocation have typically omitted income earned jointly, by two ...
This paper synthesizes the results of five studies using household panel data from Bangladesh, Ethio...