Intra household resource allocation and their impact on expenditure patterns: Comparative evidence from South Africa and Pakistan

Type Report
Title Intra household resource allocation and their impact on expenditure patterns: Comparative evidence from South Africa and Pakistan
Author(s)
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2000
URL http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:fth:tasman:2000-09
Abstract
This paper tests, using data from South Africa and Pakistan, two major implications of the unitary household model, namely, that (a) each individual pools the various components of her/his non labour earnings, and (b) men and women pool their non labour earnings between themselves. The study uses a three stage least squares procedure that, besides recognising the endogeneity of all the income variables, allows for simultaneity between all the income and expenditure equations.

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