ARE HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTION DECISIONS COOPERATIVE?  EVIDENCE ON MIGRATION AND MILK SALES FROM NORTHERN KENYA

McPeak, John G.; Doss, Cheryl R.

doi:10.22004/ag.econ.19839

ARE HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTION DECISIONS COOPERATIVE? EVIDENCE ON MIGRATION AND MILK SALES FROM NORTHERN KENYA

Among the Gabra of Northern Kenya, men decide where to migrate with the household herds while women decide whether to sell milk. We test three models of household decision-making. The results suggest that household decisions are contested. Husbands appear to use migration decisions to resist their wive's access to income.

Subject(s):

Consumer/Household Economics

Issue Date:

2002

Publication Type:

Conference Paper/ Presentation

DOI and Other Identifiers:

10.22004/ag.econ.19839

Record Identifier:

https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/19839

PURL Identifier:

http://purl.umn.edu/19839