Such effects depend on the manner in which individuals in households rather than households as a whole respond to price changes. The response to prices, in turn, depends on how the price changes are likely to affect the control of resources within households. By taking these realities into account, policies designed to improve supply response can be both more effective at reaching their goal and more beneficial to households and all the individuals in them. Hopefully, this research will stimulate further exploration of intrahousehold behavior and its implications for empirical analysis and policy prescriptions. Download full-text discussion paper .
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