Exelle, B., & Ringdal, C.
survey data from both spouses of 675 couples in rural Tanzania. Spousal differences in risk preferences were associated with a lower likelihood that spouses decided jointly and a higher likelihood that the husband decided alone, and the relations were stronger in couples where women were more conflict-averse. The authors' stated frame is gender inequality in developing countries and women's access to resources. SCOPE CAUTION: rural Tanzanian survey data about household decisions in general, correlational, not about retail purchasing in a high-income market. It is in the file as evidence that who decides is itself an outcome of disagreement, and for nothing else. Author order confirmed at the
survey data from both spouses of 675 couples in rural Tanzania. Spousal differences in risk preferences were associated with a lower likelihood that spouses decided jointly and a higher likelihood that the husband decided alone, and the relations were stronger in couples where women were more conflict-averse. The authors' stated frame is gender inequality in developing countries and women's access to resources. SCOPE CAUTION: rural Tanzanian survey data about household decisions in general, correlational, not about retail purchasing in a high-income market. It is in the file as evidence that who decides is itself an outcome of disagreement, and for nothing else. Author order confirmed at the
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(2025). Who decides in the household when risk preferences conflict? Review of Economics of the Household, 24(2), 499-540. doi:10.1007/s11150-025-09771-8.