Kaushik Basu|Ambar Narayan|Martin Ravallion
Is literacy shared within households? Theory and evidence for Bangladesh
Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Cornell University|World Bank|World Bank
member collectiveaction households may may share benefits literacy others household shared gains may well offset shift balance power within family using household survey data bangladesh find strong external effects education individual earnings holding range personal attributes constant illiterate adult earns significantly nonfarm economy living family least one literate member effects strongest robust women omittedvariable bias cannot ruled would also consistent intrahousehold externality literacy