Replication data for: Mothers Care More, but Fathers Decide: Educating Parents about Child Health in Uganda

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Martina Björkman Nyqvist; Seema Jayachandran

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Björkman Nyqvist, Martina, and Jayachandran, Seema. Replication data for: Mothers Care More, but Fathers Decide: Educating Parents about Child Health in Uganda. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2017. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113527V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Research on intrahousehold decision-making generally finds that fathers have more bargaining power than mothers, but mothers put more weight on children's well-being. This suggests a tradeoff when targeting policies to improve child health: fathers have more power to change household behavior in ways that improve child health, but mothers might have a stronger desire to do so. This paper compares health classes in Uganda that enrolled either mothers or fathers. We find that educating mothers leads to greater adoption of health-promoting behaviors by the household. In addition, educating one parent leads to positive spillovers on the other spouse's health behaviors.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      H51 National Government Expenditures and Health
      I11 Analysis of Health Care Markets
      I14 Health and Inequality
      I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
      J12 Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
      O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration


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