Intra-household labor allocation in colonial Nigeria |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economics, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA;2. Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;3. Department of Economics and East Asian Studies Program, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA;1. Central Michigan University, 321 Sloan Hall, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, United States;2. University of Arizona, 1130 E. Helen Street, McClelland Hall 401, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States;1. Caltech HSS, 228-77 Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA;2. INRA-Paris School of Economics, 48, Boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris France;1. University of Jyvaskyla, Finland;2. Appalachian State University, USA |
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| Abstract: | We use a year-long panel of time-use data from colonial Nigeria to show that labor complementarities and strategic concerns shaped the time-use decisions of African households. Using quantitative and ethnographic approaches, we show that health shocks imposed time costs that followed the gender division of labor. The labor of others did not automatically compensate for this. Whether individuals could respond by recruiting substitutes depended on social standing, urgency of work, and type of illness. Labor was coordinated between spouses. Child labor was coordinated with parental work, aided child care, and allowed children to build skills and resources. |
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