Sonalde Desai
Children at Risk: The Role of Family Structure in Latin America and West Africa
many studies explore relationship income nutrient intake focus upon households whole emerges research tradition rooted theoretical model family household proposed new household economics strongly influenced recent research family developed developing countries mode however overly simplistic applied uniformly diverse cultures author therefore considers validity assumptions uniform applicability respect family forms nutrient available children found selected countries latin america west africa author uses demographic health survey data ghana mali senegal northeast brazil colombia dominican republic models family proposed new household economics derive hypotheses regarding food available young children various household family arrangements concluded models unrealistically predict food health care available children assume income opportunity given 1 family member translates improvement welfare members level altruism toward children instead varies across cultures families households author points findings demonstrate urgent need develop alternative models family notes nashs bargaining models presented persistent challenge neoclassical models family