Ask me why: Using vignettes to understand patterns of intrahousehold decision making in rural Senegal

Download or read book Ask me why: Using vignettes to understand patterns of intrahousehold decision making in rural Senegal written by Bernard, Tanguy and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We study decision-making in dairy farming households in Senegal and investigate respondents’ perceptions of why a particular person made the decision. Using vignettes, we ask respondents how similar they are to five types of households. We analyze how the identity of the decision-maker and the rationale for decision-making are related to milk production, hemoglobin levels among children, and satisfaction with decisions. We find that while male dictators achieve better outcomes than most decision-making structures, households in which husbands (wives) decide because they are most informed produce more milk than households in which husbands (wives) decide because they are dictators.