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Intra-household allocation of foods in a matriarch county Laos

Research Project

Project/Area Number 22530243
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Applied economics
Research InstitutionInternational University of Japan

Principal Investigator

MANGYO Eiji  国際大学, 国際関係学研究科, 教授 (30421233)

Project Period (FY) 2010 – 2012
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords家計内資源配分 / 家母長制 / ラオス / 食料 / 降雨量データ / 地理データ
Research Abstract

Many previous studies show that females have lower levels of schooling and self-reported health than males in developing countries. Some previous studies attribute lower levels of human resources for females than for males to the social system of patriarch where boys will become household heads after maturity and marriage and reside with their own parents while girls will marry out to their husbands’ families after marriage and reside with their parents in law. Under this system of patriarch, parents have incentive to invest in son’s human resources rather than in daughter’s. Laos is one of rare countries in Asia in the sense that it practices matriarch in many parts of its country. It is interesting to analyze the intra-household allocation of foods in Laos, given the influential hypothesis that the social system of patriarch is one driver of discrimination against females in terms of human-resource investments. I find in this present study that food consumption is more elastic for males than for females with respect to per-capita household food consumption. Especially, prime-age males have the highest elasticity. However, this result does not necessarily lead to a lower status of (prime-age) males inside of households, because a theoretical model shows that a higher consumption elasticity of a household member does not imply his or her weak status within the household.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2012 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2011 Annual Research Report
  • 2010 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2013 2012 2011 2010

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results) Presentation (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Accessibility and Child Health : Use of the Leave-Out strategy of Instru2011

    • Author(s)
      Lamichhane, D.K., E.Mangyo
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Health Economics

      Volume: 30 Pages: 1000-1010

    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Relative Deprivation and Health : Which Reference Groups Matter?2011

    • Author(s)
      Mangyo, E, A.Park
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Human Resources

      Volume: 46 Pages: 459-481

    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Vulnerability of households to health shocks : an Indonesian study2010

    • Author(s)
      N.T.N.Nguyet, 萬行英二
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies

      Volume: Vol.46 Pages: 213-235

    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 相対所得と健康発表年月日2013

    • Author(s)
      萬行英二
    • Organizer
      富山大学経済学部セミナー
    • Place of Presentation
      富山大学経済学部
    • Year and Date
      2013-03-19
    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] 相対所得と健康発表年月日2012

    • Author(s)
      萬行英二
    • Organizer
      名古屋大学経済学部セミナー
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋大学経済学部
    • Year and Date
      2012-11-20
    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report

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Published: 2010-08-23   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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