Table A17.

Time preference differences and household decision-making on major household purchases

	Wife decides		Joint decision		Husband decides
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
Time difference	−0.013	−0.015	−0.033*	−0.031	0.046***	0.046**
	(0.009)	(0.009)	(0.020)	(0.022)	(0.018)	(0.020)
Observations	438	415	438	415	438	415
Controls	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes

The table displays marginal effects of a multinomial logit model. Likelihood that wife makes decision (Columns (1)-(2)), that decision is made jointly (Columns (3)-(4)) and that husband makes decision (Columns (5)-(6)) about major household purchases. The difference in time preferences is standardized. Controls: Husband and wife’s age, education, and employment status, whether husband and wife have been divorced previously, relationship length, and whether wife has experienced any IPV. Standard errors clustered at the hamlet level in parenthesis. *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01