Transfers Within the Family: Evidence for the United States, Mexico and Burkina Faso
Alaimo, Veronica
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Description
Title
Transfers Within the Family: Evidence for the United States, Mexico and Burkina Faso
Author(s)
Alaimo, Veronica
Issue Date
2007
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Powers, Elizabeth T.
Department of Study
Economics
Discipline
Economics
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Economics, Labor
Language
eng
Abstract
The third chapter examines the link between intrahousehold bargaining power and inter-vivos transfers for households in Burkina Faso. It presents a new measure of bargaining power based on the residual from a regression of bride price on detailed characteristics of the wife's family. This residual captures factors unobserved by the econometrician that provide the wife with additional power in household bargaining relations. The chapter explores how this additional power accrues and its impact on transfers to immediate family members. The data indicates that women with higher exogenous levels of bargaining power are more likely to give larger transfers to their immediate family.
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