eprintid: 10174549
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creators_name: D'Exelle, B
creators_name: Lépine, A
creators_name: Bakyono, R
creators_name: Tapsoba, LDG
title: Fertility and polygyny: Experimental evidence from Burkina Faso
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divisions: UCL
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divisions: D01
keywords: Fertility, Polygyny, Africa
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abstract: Decision-making about fertility differs between monogamous and polygynous households. In an experiment in Burkina Faso that gives women access to free contraceptives, either alone or with their husband, involving the husband decreases contraceptive use among monogamous women, but not among polygynous women. Where there is co-wife rivalry, it increases contraceptive use. This is consistent with a model where monogamous women have a stronger preference for contraceptives than their husband, while this preference difference is smaller or even reversed among polygynous households due to co-wife competition around fertility.
date: 2023-09-01
date_type: published
publisher: Elsevier BV
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103134
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full_text_type: pub
language: eng
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elements_id: 2042181
doi: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103134
lyricists_name: Lepine, Aurelia
lyricists_id: ALEPI76
actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette
actors_id: BFFLY94
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Journal of Development Economics
volume: 164
article_number: 103134
citation:        D'Exelle, B;    Lépine, A;    Bakyono, R;    Tapsoba, LDG;      (2023)    Fertility and polygyny: Experimental evidence from Burkina Faso.                   Journal of Development Economics , 164     , Article 103134.  10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103134 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103134>.       Green open access   
 
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