A Characterization of Collective Individual Expenditure Functions

Menon, Martina; Pagani, Elisa; Perali, Federico

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2094338

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“…4 These variables are commonly referred to as "distribution factors", and are assumed to possibly influence the distribution of resources within the family but not consumption preferences. identification has been addressed by making use of information of separate consumption by each household member (Menon et al, 2012;Cherchye et al, 2012;Menon et al, 2018). A second approach allows us to identify bounds on the level of the share of resources using revealed preferences inequalities (Cherchye et al, 2011), which substantially shrink when combined with Slutsky symmetry restrictions (Cherchye et al, 2015), and can achieve point identification under specific marriage market assumptions (Cherchye et al, 2017).…”

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Gender Inequalities Among Adults and Children: Exposure to Migration and the Evolution of Social Norms in Albania

Mangiavacchi

Piccoli

2021

J Fam Econ Iss

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This paper studies the distribution of resources within Albanian families in 2012 using a collective consumption model with two alternative specifications: the first enables the estimation of the intrahousehold distribution of resources among male adults, female adults and children; the second extends the analysis to girls and boys. In line with previous evidence on gender inequality in Albania, the results show that the female share of resources is substantially lower with respect to the male share, and that sons receive a larger share of resources than daughters. Considering that Albania experienced massive migration and return of young men in the 20 years before the survey, we further analyze the potential migration-induced transfer of gender norms. We find that the time spent abroad by the husband of the main couple has little influence on woman’s relative position within the households, however it does seem to favor a more equal treatment between daughters and sons. This result suggests that gender norms are more persistent in adult couples, however gender attitudes towards offspring are more elastic to social change.

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