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Individual property rights and bargaining outcomes: evidence from intra-household asset data

Prof. Hema Swaminathan, Suchitra J Y and Rahul Lahoti
2012
Working Paper No
364
Body

This paper examines the determinants of the decision-making process among couples. Using an expanded conceptualization of decision-making, this paper explores factors that affect convergence or divergence between spousal perceptions. In particular, the paper considers the impact of women's property status, specifically, their ownership of a house or land, on decision-making within households using data from the Karnataka Household Asset Survey, 2010-11, which collected individual-level asset ownership and valuation information. The results suggest that property ownership improves women's their autonomy in decision making but does not impact egalitarianism in decision-making between couples.

Key words
Karnataka, women, assets, egalitarian, decision-making.
WP_No._364.pdf (354.51 KB)

Individual property rights and bargaining outcomes: evidence from intra-household asset data

Author(s) Name: Prof. Hema Swaminathan, Suchitra J Y and Rahul Lahoti, 2012
Working Paper No : 364
Abstract:

This paper examines the determinants of the decision-making process among couples. Using an expanded conceptualization of decision-making, this paper explores factors that affect convergence or divergence between spousal perceptions. In particular, the paper considers the impact of women's property status, specifically, their ownership of a house or land, on decision-making within households using data from the Karnataka Household Asset Survey, 2010-11, which collected individual-level asset ownership and valuation information. The results suggest that property ownership improves women's their autonomy in decision making but does not impact egalitarianism in decision-making between couples.

Keywords: Karnataka, women, assets, egalitarian, decision-making.
WP_No._364.pdf (354.51 KB)