TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Dimova, Ralitza
AU  - Abou, Edouard Pokou
AU  - Basu, Arnab K.
AU  - Viennet, Romane
        TI  - Intra-Household Bargaining in Ivory Coast: Experimental Evidence from Rural Areas
        PY  - 2022/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 15583
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15583
        AB  - This paper proposes a novel experimental measure of women's relative bargaining power, relates this measure to expenditures on various household public goods, and studies its determinants. A key question we address in the process is whether higher bargaining power for women translates into increased allocation of resources towards public goods. We find that men prioritise food expenditures, women prioritise the transfers to parents and both show similar revealed preferences with respect to children's educational expenditures. The bargaining power of the woman over the three categories of expenditures of interest is, in turn, correlated with the education of the wife, the income of the husband and the bride price. The results contribute to the debate on the superior concern of the woman about child welfare and could have interesting policy implications..
        KW  - bargaining power
KW  - public goods games
KW  - Cote d'Ivoire
KW  - revealed preferences
        ER  -