| Sumario: | An analysis of gender patterns in intra-household allocation of resources is presented. The analysis is based on household-level consumption data. Drawing on the assumption that households attempt to equalize the marginal utility of wealth when they allocate resources over the life cycle, a rationale for parental behavior pertaining to the intertemporal allocation of goods among children is provided. The importance of controlling for the unobserved marginal utility, or household-fixed, effect is demonstrated by estimation results drawn from Indian panel data. It is concluded that, once allowance is made for fixed effects, findings reveal that any gender-differential in the allocation of resources is removed.
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