In this groundbreaking work, Amartya Sen critiques economic theories of harmonious household behavior, illustrating how gender bias and power asymmetries shape the intrahousehold allocation of resources like food, healthcare, and education. He highlights the need to recognize these "cooperative conflicts" and address structural inequities to ensure fairer distributions of resources and opportunities within households. This research laid the groundwork for developing more nuanced understandings of intrahousehold dynamics and structural barriers to women’s empowerment.
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Gender and Cooperative Conflicts (1987)
In this groundbreaking work, Amartya Sen critiques economic theories of harmonious household behavior, illustrating how gender bias and power asymmetries shape the intrahousehold allocation of resources like food, healthcare, and education. He highlights the need to recognize these "cooperative conflicts" and address structural inequities to ensure fairer distributions of resources and opportunities within households. This research laid the groundwork for developing more nuanced understandings of intrahousehold dynamics and structural barriers to women’s empowerment.