Autonomy-induced preference, budget reallocation, and child health

Mandal, Biswajit; Bhattacharjee, Prasun; Banerjee, Souvik

dc.contributor.author	Mandal, Biswajit
dc.contributor.author	Bhattacharjee, Prasun
dc.contributor.author	Banerjee, Souvik
dc.date.accessioned	2021-06-03T11:11:12Z
dc.date.available	2021-06-03T11:11:12Z
dc.date.issued	2018-12
dc.identifier.issn	1309-422X
dc.identifier.uri	https://vbudspace.lsdiscovery.in/xmlui/handle/123456789/249
dc.description	In this backdrop, the present paper aims to theoretically study the mechanism through which greater autonomy of the mother leads to better child health. Since the topics of gender equality and women’s empowerment have largely been addressed in the context of developing countries,	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Using traditional health capital model of Grossman (The human capital model of the demand for health. NBER, Working Paper 7078, 1972) and Wagstaff (Bull Econ Res 38(1):93–95,1986a) this paper attempts to fill in the theoretical missing link between mothers’ autonomy and household consumption behavior. We focus specifically on the consumption of child health inputs. In our paper it has been shown that working mothers’ children should be of better health. Further, independent of working status of the mother, higher autonomy always reallocates family budget to induce more consumption of child health inputs. The basic results of our model are further reinforced when autonomy is dependent on mothers’ income.In fact, the income effect derived from our extended model indicates that income-induced autonomy may result in redefining the composite consumption good for the family as an inferior one.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Springer	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Vol 8 No3;
dc.subject	Mothers’ autonomy Child health Health demand Behavioral factors	en_US
dc.title	Autonomy-induced preference, budget reallocation, and child health	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US