@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp6265,
            	author={Akresh, Richard and Chen, Joyce J and Moore, Charity},
            	title={Altruism, Cooperation, and Efficiency: Agricultural Production in Polygynous Households},
            	year={2011},
	month={Dec},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={6265},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6265},
	abstract={Altruism among family members can, in some cases, inhibit cooperation by increasing the utility that players expect to receive in a non-cooperative equilibrium. To test this, we examine agricultural productivity in polygynous households in West Africa. We find that cooperation is greater – production is more efficient – among co-wives than among husbands and wives because co-wives are less altruistic towards each other. The results are not driven by scale effects or self-selection into polygyny. Nor can they be explained by greater propensity for cooperation among women generally or by the household head acting as an enforcement mechanism for others' cooperative agreements.},
	keywords={household bargaining;non-cooperative behavior;altruism;polygyny;Africa},
            }