Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Does it matter who in the family gets money? This is a key policy question in developing countries, and there is some interesting research that can tell us what matters. And the answer concerns yams.

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For more on this research, see:
"Grandmothers and Granddaughters: Old-Age Pensions and Intrahousehold Allocation in South Africa" Esther Duflo
"Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Cote d'Ivoire: Social Norms, Separate Accounts and Consumption Choices" Esther Duflo, Christopher Udry