TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Song, Lina
        TI  - In Search of Gender Bias in Household Resource Allocation in Rural China
        PY  - 2008/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 3464
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp3464
        AB  - This paper tests three hypotheses concerning intra-household resource allocation in rural China. First, whether increasing the women's bargaining power alters household expenditure patterns. Second, whether households allocate fewer resources to daughters than to sons. Third, whether increasing the bargaining power of women reduces pro-boy discrimination. We find that expenditure patterns do vary with proxies for women's bargaining power. Pro-boy discrimination is suggested by: lower female outlay equivalent ratios for adult goods; greater sensitivity of household health spending to young boys than to young girls; and high male sex ratios. No evidence is found to support the third hypothesis.
        KW  - intrahousehold allocation
KW  - women
KW  - bargaining power
KW  - China
        ER  -