MATERNAL EDUCATION AND CHILD ATTAINMENT IN JAMAICA: TESTING THE BARGAINING POWER HYPOTHESIS†
作者:
Sudhanshu Handa,
期刊:
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
(WILEY Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 58,
issue 1
页码: 119-137
ISSN:0305-9049
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0084.1996.mp58001006.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
In a bargaining model of household decision‐making, any variable reflecting the outside opportunities of household members will influence household demand patterns. Mother's education has been found to be an important determinant of children's education and health outcomes. This paper argues that within a bargaining framework, mother's education may influence children's health and education by shifting bargaining power within the household. An empirical strategy is developed and applied to data on teenage grade attainment and school enrolment in Jamaica. The results support the bargaining power hypothesis, and imply a broader role for mother's education than has previously been considere
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