Children's experiences during early childhood are critical for their cognitive and
socioemotional development, two key dimensions of human capital. However, children from …

This article reviews the recent literature on diversification as a livelihood strategy of rural
households in developing countries, with particular reference to sub‐Saharan Africa …

Over the past 15 years, the availability of cheap and convenient microcomputers has
changed the collection methods and analysis of household survey data in developing …

Highlighting the problems posed by a''unitary''conceptualization of the household, a number
of economists have in recent years proposed alternative models. These models, especially …

The paper develops a general," collective" model of household labor supply in which agents
are characterized by their own (possibly altruistic) preferences, and household decisions are …

Gender, Development, and Globalization is the leading primer on global feminist economics
and development. Lourdes Benería, a pioneer in the field of feminist economics, is joined in …

The neoclassical theory of demand applies to individuals, yet in empirical work it is usually
taken as valid for households with many members. This paper explores what the theory of …

Growth theory has traditionally assumed the existence of an aggregate production function,
whose existence and properties are closely tied to the assumption of optimal resource …

In this book economists, demographers, sociologists, and anthropologists collaborate in the
study of how resources are allocated within households in developing countries and why it …

We examine the social pension in South Africa, where large cash sums—about twice the
median per capita income of African households—are paid to people qualified by age but …