Measurement of intra-household resource control: Exploring the validity of experimental measures

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.donorWorld Banken
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorGovernment of Ghanaen
cg.contributor.donorUniversity of Melbourneen
cg.contributor.donorAustralian Research Councilen
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UG
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierKate Ambler: 0000-0001-6277-0930
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134200en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number1984en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorAmbler, Kateen
dc.contributor.authorJones, Kelly M.en
dc.contributor.authorRecalde, Maria P.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T12:15:09Zen
dc.date.available2024-05-22T12:15:09Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143569
dc.titleMeasurement of intra-household resource control: Exploring the validity of experimental measuresen
dcterms.abstractWe study the validity of experimental methods designed to measure preferences for intra-household resource control among spouses in Ghana and Uganda. We implement two incentivized tasks; (1) a game that measures willingness to pay to control resources, and (2) private and joint dictator games that measure preferences for resource allocation and the extent to which those preferences are reflected in joint decisions. Behavior in the two tasks is correlated, suggesting that they describe similar underlying latent variables. In Uganda the experimental measures are robustly correlated with a range of household survey measures of resource control and women’s empowerment and suggest that simple private dictator games may be as informative as more sophisticated tasks. In Ghana, the experimental measures are not predictive of survey indicators, suggesting that context may be an important element of whether experimental measures are informative.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAmbler, Kate; Jones, Kelly M.; and Recalde, Maria P. 2020. Measurement of intra-household resource control: Exploring the validity of experimental measures. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1984. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134200.en
dcterms.extent57 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2020-12-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146963en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133512en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133511en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105224en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1086/703082en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/134200en
dcterms.subjectresource managementen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectwomen's empowermenten
dcterms.subjectfield experimentationen
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectempowermenten
dcterms.subjectdecision makingen
dcterms.subjectbargaining poweren
dcterms.subjectwomenen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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