Income and bargaining effects on education and health in Brazil

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ponczek, Vladimir
• 署名单位: Getulio Vargas Foundation
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2010.01.011
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: 242-253
• 关键词: intrahousehold allocation; Social Security; Schooling and health

摘要

This study examines the impacts of the 1991 reform of Brazil's rural pension system on schooling and health indicators. We conclude that the reform had significant positive effects on schooling, especially on literacy for girls co-residing with a male pensioner. We were unable to find similar results for children living with a female pensioner. We further investigated whether these results were driven by bargaining power differences within households; our findings suggest that this explanation is plausible. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.