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Unitary versus collective models of the household : is it time to shift the burden of proof? (English)

Most development objectives focus on the well-being of individuals. Policies are targeted to increase the percentage of individuals who avoid poverty, who can read, who are free from hunger and illness, or who can find gainful employment. Individual welfare, however, is based in large part on a complex set of interactions among family members. Until recently most policy analyses implicitly viewed the household as having only one set of preferences...
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Alderman, Harold; Chiappori, Pierre-Andre; Haddad,.

Unitary versus collective models of the household : is it time to shift the burden of proof? (English). Washington, D.C. : The World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/233181468739240149

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