scholarly journals Efficient Labor Supply for Latin Families: Is the Intra-Household Bargaining Power Relevant?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Campaña ◽  
José Ignacio Giménez ◽  
Jose Alberto Molina Chueca
Keyword(s):  
Labor Supply ◽  
Bargaining Power ◽  
Household Bargaining

scholarly journals Gender-Based Taxation and the Division of Family Chores

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Alesina ◽  
Andrea Ichino ◽  
Loukas Karabarbounis
Keyword(s):  
Labor Supply ◽  
Bargaining Power ◽  
Tax Rates ◽  
Lump Sum ◽  
Labor Supply Elasticity ◽  
Marginal Tax Rates ◽  
Married Men ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Elastic Labor Supply ◽  
Gender Specific

Gender-based taxation (GBT) satisfies Ramsey's rule because it taxes at a lower rate the more elastic labor supply of women. We study GBT in a model in which labor elasticities emerge endogenously from intrahousehold bargaining. We explore the cases of superior bargaining power for men, higher male wages, and higher female home productivity. In all cases, men commit to a career in the market, take less home duties than women, and have lower labor supply elasticity. When society resolves its distributional concerns efficiently with gender-specific lump sum transfers, GBT with higher marginal tax rates on (single and married) men is optimal. (JEL D13, H21, H24, J16, J22)

scholarly journals Does women’s intra-household bargaining power have effect on child welfare? Evidence from farm households in Ogun state, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 117 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Chioma Patricia ADEKUNLE ◽  
David Alaba ALORI ◽  
Adebayo Augustine KUTU
Keyword(s):  
Bargaining Power ◽  
Farm Households ◽  
Household Bargaining ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Nutrition Deficiency ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Logit Regression Model ◽  
Height For Age

<p>This study examines whether greater women’s household bargaining power is associated with the improvement in children’s welfare in Ogun State, Nigeria. Using data from 320 farm households with a Logit regression model, the study revealed that 31.86 % of children under-five years of age were stunted, 32 % were underweight and 16.2 % were wasted. Children growing up healthy were 62 %, implying that one – third of under-five children in the study area still experience nutrition deficiency. About 3.33 % and 1.05 % children simultaneously experienced stunting and wasting together, which perhaps suggests a harsh deprivation environment. In addition, 63.33 % of women in the study area had low bargaining power implying that they lack control over important decisions in their households. Women who enjoy decision-making power in their households, particularly with large purchasing power, are associated with having children with better height-for-age, mass-for-age, and mass-for-height ratios. Women’s inequality as relates to intra-household bargaining power negatively affects children’s welfare and leads to chronic malnutrition. As a policy recommendation, it is therefore, important to enhance women’s status, which, with time will lead to more investment in their children’s education, health, and overall welfare.</p>

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