IFS/STICERD/UCL Development Work in Progress Seminar
To invest or not to invest in sanitation: the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power
Bansi Malde (Kent/IFS), joint with Harriet Olorenshaw, Zaki Wahhaj and Britta Augsburg
Thursday 03 March 2022 12:30 - 17:00
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About this event
We exploit novel data collected within a randomised controlled trial of a sanitation microcredit intervention to study how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. We show that – as long as the wife is involved in household decision-making – the intra-household differences in perceptions we document influence borrowing and investments: uptake of the sanitation loan is higher among households where the wife has higher benefit perception, whereas successful conversion to a toilet depends on differences in monetary cost perceptions. The estimated effects are consistent with the predictions of a model of intra-household decision-making.
This seminar series is jointly organized by the IFS, STICERD, and UCL.
IFS/STICERD/UCL Development Economics Work In Progress seminars are held on Thursdays in term time at 13:00-14:00, at the IFS, unless specified otherwise.
Seminar organisers: Oriana Bandiera (STICERD, LSE), Imran Rasul (UCL), Britta Augsburg (IFS) and Jonathan Weigel (LSE).
For further information please contact Sadia Ali: s.ali43@lse.ac.uk.
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