Table 5

Effect of Female Pension Eligibility on Decision Making of Others in the Household

(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)
Dependent variable: Person of opposite sex aged 50 + is primary decision makerDependent variable: Household disagreement on identity of primary decision maker
Man 50 + in hhNo man 50 + in hhMan 50 + in hh
Polynomial in age of oldest women is
linearquadraticcubiclinearquadraticcubiclinearquadraticcubic
Panel 1: Dependent variable refers to day-to-day purchases
Pension eligible woman−0.140
[0.111]
−0.105
[0.112]
−0.0964
[0.136]
−0.0946***
[0.0344]
−0.112***
[0.0360]
−0.126***
[0.0437]
−0.106
[0.107]
−0.134
[0.105]
−0.0894
[0.144]
Presence of pension eligible man0.0845
[0.0680]
0.0958
[0.0681]
0.0965
[0.0683]
−0.00776
[0.0548]
−0.0167
[0.0556]
−0.0134
[0.0570]
Observations5615615611,1891,1891,189561561561
R-squared0.0100.0170.0170.0070.0080.0080.0040.0100.011
Sample mean0.4880.09000.223
Panel 2: Dependent variable refers to all four decision categories
Pension eligible woman−0.0973
[0.111]
−0.0718
[0.113]
−0.0559
[0.136]
−0.135***
[0.0426]
−0.167***
[0.0510]
−0.221***
[0.0560]
0.0183
[0.112]
−0.0262
[0.108]
0.0235
[0.140]
Presence of pension eligible man0.0731
[0.0678]
0.0815
[0.0677]
0.0826
[0.0677]
−0.0264
[0.0704]
−0.0409
[0.0705]
−0.0374
[0.0711]
Observations5545545541,1671,1671,167554554554
R-squared0.0050.0090.0090.0090.0120.0150.0020.0130.014
Sample mean0.4580.1420.388
  • Notes: Robust standard errors in brackets are clustered at the survey cluster level. Regressions are weighted with survey post-stratification weights. Sample is restricted to households with a black woman aged 50–75.

  • *** p < 0.01,

  • ** p < 0.05,

  • * p < 0.1