This Thesis applies one of the most popular household models to the allocation of resources within poor rural households. Based on Browning and Goertz (2007) seminal Collective Household Model, the first Chapter conducts a literature review and derives conditions for identifying and testing the model. The next Chapter amends this model to evaluate efficiency of the intra-household allocation of male and female labour inputs in the domestic production of multiple crops. Using survey data from Uganda it is found that the division of labour between food and cash crops is made according to comparative advantage, but that Pareto improvements could be achieved by reallocating labour between male- and female-controlled plots. The final Chapter analyses the distribution of private consumption and leisure within rural couples in Tanzania. The findings provide limited support for the Collective Model, but are consistent with non-unitary household behaviour.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:553356 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Golan, Jennifer |
| Contributors | Andrews, Martyn; Walters, Bernard |
| Publisher | University of Manchester |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/analysing-the-collective-model-in-developing-countries-evidence-from-uganda-and-tanzania(7def714c-312e-4a6d-b06b-c99f093635d6).html |
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