Intra-Household Resource Allocation under Negative Income Shock: A Natural Experiment

World Development

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 557-571

  Mottaleb, Khondoker A ^a,b   Mohanty, Samarendu ^a   Mishra, Ashok K ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center   (Bangladesh)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclone; Farm household; Gender differentiated impacts; Income shocks; Intra household resource allocation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COPING STRATEGY; CYCLONE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84908388166     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.09.012     Document Type: Article

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