A good wife? When marital reputation shapes economic choices

Dialogues économiques
OCTOBER 6, 2025
To buy or not to buy? When we weigh the decision to purchase something, a multitude of factors come into play. But is our partner’s opinion among them? This question becomes especially critical in households where incomes are extremely limited. To investigate, three economists recently carried out a large-scale experiment in Malawi.
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