The more the poorer? Resource sharing and scale economies in large families

Income sources, intrahousehold allocation and individual poverty

“…Child shares increase with the number of Children, but at a decreasing rate, a pattern is also found in these studies. There are several explanations among which are the classic quality–quantity trade‐off and the possibility of scale economies along siblings (as explored in recent contributions by Calvi et al, 2021).…”

“…Case and Deaton (1998) suggest that the transfers are used much the same as other income, whileDuflo (2003) finds that gender of the transfer recipient is essential for success. Note that other studies consider gendered income shocks rather than policies, but are related to the present context since they also reject income pooling.…”

Estimating the cost and affordability of healthy diets: How much do methods matter?

“…One study from long-run historical data in the US found that scale economies by expenditure groups changed in unanticipated ways over time ( Logan, 2011 ), suggesting potential for a high degree of context-specificity. Another recent study found scale economies in Mexico but not Bangladesh ( Calvi et al, 2023 ).…”

How much, and why? A critical introduction to the theory and quantitative analysis of intra-household resource distribution

“…Table 1.1 shows that several 'collective model' studies of intra-household resource allocation find no evidence that women are disadvantaged in intra-household resource allocation. Lechene et al (2019) only find statistically significant differences in resource allocation in two out of five countries studied; Bargain et al (2014) find no statistically significant differences; and Calvi et al (2023) find differences in only one country. Others do find evidence of gender inequality disadvantaging women.…”