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INTRAHOUSEHOLD allocations account for an important portion of total goods and services and can serve to modify substantially policy interventions and market outcomes. In almost every society, most of the nutrients for most children are obtained through intrahousehold food allocations. For South Asia there are a number of indices of health outcomes (eg, mortality rates, weight for age) that suggest that the intrafamilial allocation of nutrients favors boys over girls, particularly in northern areas (Banerjee; Bardhan; Boserup; Cassen; El-Badry; Hammond; Harriss; Natarajan; Pakrasi and Haider; Preston and Weed; Ram Gupta; Rosenzweig and Schultz; Sen; Sen and Sengupta; Visaria; and Waldron). 1 A number of commentators on this phenomenon suggest that the pattern in these health indices reflects parental preference for sons. In contrast, Rosenzweig and Schultz argue that it is consistent with a parental …