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Bargaining in rural households : a study of decisions on labor market participation in the Cordillera

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  • Lorelei Crisologo Mendoza

    (Department of Economics and Political Science, College of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines Baguio)

  • Lodewijk Berlage

    (Faculty of Economics and Applied Economics, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium)

Abstract

In this paper we derive testable implications of a unitary farm household model and a non-unitary, i.e., bargaining, model. In the unitary household model the impact of spouse-specific resources and nonlabor income on household decisions should not be different from the model where the resources and nonlabor income are common to the household. In a bargaining model we expect to find impact of spouse-specific resources and nonlabor income. Our empirical tests are based on a small survey of households in the Cordillera region of Northern Luzon (Philippines). In this region each spouse retains specific rights on her or his inherited land, although within marriage this land is treated as part of the household farm. Inherited land is a truly exogenous variable, which we use as the indicator of bargaining power. We perform probit regressions in which the spouses’ inherited land is a determinant of the probability that a husband or wife participates in the labor market. The statistical results provide some evidence of impact of spouse-specific resources on labor market participation decisions, and thus cast doubt on the unitary farm household model. They are compatible with the bargaining model of household behavior.

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  • Lorelei Crisologo Mendoza & Lodewijk Berlage, 2006. "Bargaining in rural households : a study of decisions on labor market participation in the Cordillera," Philippine Review of Economics, University of the Philippines School of Economics and Philippine Economic Society, vol. 43(2), pages 75-99, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:phs:prejrn:v:43:y:2006:i:2:p:75-99
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    1. Cristina M. Baustista, 2020. "Bargaining Leverage in Family Planning: A Gender-based Analysis of Filipino Couples' Reproductive Choices," Department of Economics, Ateneo de Manila University, Working Paper Series 202013, Department of Economics, Ateneo de Manila University.

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    Keywords

    inherited land; farm household; intrahousehold labor allocation;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation

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