Intrahousehold Bargaining Power in Spain: An Empirical Test of the Collective Model

Molina, José Alberto; Velilla, Jorge; Ibarra, Helena

doi:10.1007/s10834-021-09812-1

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“…This theoretical framework suggests that families aim to maximize a singular representative utility function, disregarding recipient identities due to resource pooling. However, recent empirical evidence, as highlighted by Molina et al (2023) and Saelens (2022), has raised significant challenges to its validity. As a result, there has been a notable shift towards the collective model, championed by scholars such as Apps and Rees (1988) and Chiappori (1988Chiappori ( , 1992.…”

Section: Literature Review and Research Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This alternative framework perceives families as negotiators with varied preferences and resource endowments, acknowledging the diversity among household members. Increasing empirical studies have lent support to the collective model in understanding family dynamics (Bargain et al, 2022;Molina et al, 2023). Consequently, the dominant paradigm for analyzing household behavior has transitioned from the unitary model to the more robust collective model (Donni and Molina, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The power of Internet: from the perspective of women’s bargaining power

Li,

2024

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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In the exploration of factors influencing women’s empowerment, prior research has offered limited insights into the impact of technology, specifically the Internet. This study pioneers the incorporation of the Internet into the framework of women’s empowerment, investigating its causal effect on women’s bargaining power within households. Bargaining power is defined here as women’s capacity to shape crucial decisions pertaining to significant family matters such as investments and property acquisitions. Utilizing data from the Third National Survey on Chinese Women’s Social Status and the 2014 China Family Panel Studies, this paper reveals that Internet usage significantly enhances women’s bargaining power. Notably, this positive effect persists even after addressing endogeneity concerns through instrumental variable methodology. The study further uncovers that the empowering influence of Internet use is particularly pronounced in rural areas. Gender beliefs, employment status, and income level emerge as pivotal mediating factors through which Internet usage influences women’s bargaining power. The findings highlight the crucial role of digital technology in women’s empowerment, underscoring the importance of policies aimed at expanding women’s Internet access to enhance their bargaining power within households.

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Section: Literature Review and Research Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Review and Research Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The power of Internet: from the perspective of women’s bargaining power

Li,

2024

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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“…As an investigation of the intra-household resource allocation associated with enhancing the family member well-being, empirically, the intra-household income allocation within the family members has been widely investigated in previous studies [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]. Xu [31] used household data to show the intra-household allocation of educational resources within Bangladesh households.…”

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Intra-Household Income Management and Couple’s Relative Sharing of Income and Environment Sustainability in Japan

Piao

2023

Sustainability

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This study aims to identify household members’ income sharing, when the amount of said income is governed by a particular household member. The results are expected to provide insightful evidence that identifies who is under the poverty line within families. This will illustrate the intra-household allocation inequality by observing the members’ household income dominance. Using the information on household income management obtained from the Japanese Household Panel Survey data (1993–2013) and the original Internet survey, this paper develops an alternative methodology to estimate the household income distribution of couples. A two-step estimation process was employed to estimate the wife’s manageable income equation. Then, the parameters were substituted into the husband’s manageable income equation to estimate the parameters for calculating the wife’s sharing rule. The results are as follows. First, a wife’s share of intra-household resources positively correlates to her manageable income resources. However, wives have weak power in expending the transferred income from their husbands. Second, the remarkable feature is that, on average, wives share 37% of the resources, meaning that the wives’ relative bargaining is weaker than the husbands’. Narrowing the gap in terms of hourly wage between husbands and wives is a crucial tool to reduce the intra-household allocation gap. Third, the wives’ relative intrahousehold income allocation improvement is associated with household environment sustainability activities. To improve the intra-household income allocation inequality, we provide an original approach to explore the intra-household head of household members’ relative income sharing. The results highlight the inequality of intra-household income distribution and confirm that reducing the income gap would be a crucial improvement factor.

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The shifters of intrahousehold decision-making in European countries

Campaña,

Giménez-Nadal,

Molina

et al. 2023

Empir Econ

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This paper studies spouses’ intrahousehold decision-making, using unique information from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions special module on Intrahousehold Sharing of Resources. We build an index to measure the bargaining power of the wife in household decision-making in European countries and analyze how that index correlates with household demographic characteristics. We find cross-country differences in the values of this index, although estimates show that, in general, older, relatively more educated and working spouses with higher wages, have more power in intrahousehold decision-making. Furthermore, country-level conditions correlate with spouses’ bargaining power in household decision-making. The paper provides a direct empirical exploration of intrahousehold decision-making in a cross-country setting.

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Intrahousehold Bargaining Power in Spain: An Empirical Test of the Collective Model

Cited by 7 publications

References 75 publications

The power of Internet: from the perspective of women’s bargaining power

The power of Internet: from the perspective of women’s bargaining power

Intra-Household Income Management and Couple’s Relative Sharing of Income and Environment Sustainability in Japan

The shifters of intrahousehold decision-making in European countries

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