Rubalcava Luis, Teruel Graciela, Thomas Duncan
Spectron Desarrollo and CAMBS.
UIA.
Econ Dev Cult Change. 2009 Apr;57(3):507-538. doi: 10.1086/596617.
The literature suggests men and women may have different preferences. This paper exploits a social experiment in which women in treatment households were given a large public cash transfer (PROGRESA). In an effort to disentangle the effect of additional income in the household from the effect of changing the distribution of income within the household, the impact of PROGRESA income on savings and investments decisions is compared with all other income sources (after taking into account participation in the program). Additional money in the hands of women is spent on small livestock (which are traditionally managed and cared for by women), improved nutrition and on child goods (particularly clothing). Among single headed households, PROGRESA income is not treated differently from other income. Direct evidence on inter-temporal preferences gathered in the Mexican Family Live Survey indicates that women are more patient than males when thinking about the future. Taken together, the results suggest that PROGRESA income results in a shift in the balance of power within households and women allocated more resources towards investments in the future.
文献表明，男性和女性可能有不同的偏好。本文利用了一项社会实验，在该实验中，接受治疗家庭中的女性获得了一笔大额公共现金转移支付（进步计划）。为了区分家庭额外收入的影响与家庭内部收入分配变化的影响，在考虑参与该计划的因素后，将进步计划收入对储蓄和投资决策的影响与所有其他收入来源进行了比较。女性手中的额外资金用于小型牲畜（传统上由女性管理和照料）、改善营养以及儿童用品（特别是衣物）。在单亲家庭中，进步计划收入与其他收入的处理方式并无不同。在墨西哥家庭生活调查中收集到的关于跨期偏好的直接证据表明，女性在思考未来时比男性更有耐心。综合来看，结果表明进步计划收入导致了家庭内部权力平衡的转变，女性将更多资源分配到对未来的投资上。
