Household Bargaining and Excess Fertility: An Experimental Study in Zambia

American Economic Review - Tập 104 Số 7 - Trang 2210-2237 - 2014
Nava Ashraf1,2, Erica Field3, Jean Lee4
1HARVARD U
2Harvard Business School, Baker Library 443, Soldiers Field, Boston, MA 02163 (e-mail: )
3Duke University, 213 Social Sciences Building, Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708 (e-mail: )
4NYU Wagner School of Public Service, 295 Lafayette Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10012 ()

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We posit that household decision-making over fertility is characterized by moral hazard since most contraception can only be perfectly observed by the woman. Using an experiment in Zambia that varied whether women were given access to contraceptives alone or with their husbands, we find that women given access with their husbands were 19 percent less likely to seek family planning services, 25 percent less likely to use concealable contraception, and 27 percent more likely to give birth. However, women given access to contraception alone report a lower subjective well-being, suggesting a psychosocial cost of making contraceptives more concealable. (JEL C78, D12, D82, I31, J13, J16, O15)

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American Economic Review

Tập 104 Số 7

2210-2237

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