Productivity, Health and Inequality in the Intrahousehold Distribution of Food in Low-Income Countries
探讨低收入国家家庭内部食物分配如何受生产率和健康影响，并分析性别间营养不平等现象，尤其关注南亚和西亚社会。
A prominent if not distinguishing feature of low-income countries that has been incorporated into many models of behavior in such settings is the proximity of average income-levels to subsistence. Models of savings behavior (Gersovitz, 1983) and wage determination (Leibenstein, 1957; Stiglitz, 1976), for example, have demonstrated the possiblity that at low income levels behavior may be quite distinct from that observed where income levels are well-above those required for survival. In a subsistance regime, the allocation of foods is thus particularly important and there have been a large number of recent empirical studies concerned with how households in low-income environments distribute foods among their members. One salient aspect of the distribution of foods in low-income settings that has caught the attention of many social scientists is the disparity in nutrients received by women compared to men, particularly in South and West Asian societies.1 One hypothesis that has been advanced is that gender-based nutrient inequality reflects disparities in labor market opportunities across