Plausibly Exogenous [1709] - Female Non-labor Income (10/07/2024)

LHS Variable
Household expenditure shares on different categories

RHS Variable
Female non-labor income

Source of Exogenous Variation
Accidental exclusions of eligible households from the Bolsa Alimentação (BA) program due to bureaucratic mistakes (e.g., lost files, software issues with special characters, and data inconsistencies).

- Braido, Olinto, and Perrone (2024), “Gender bias in intrahousehold allocation: Evidence from an unintentional experiment”