The literature suggests that the household invests in the human capital of a child member not only for altruistic … is a function of the risk preference of the household head. This paper estimates the effect of parental risk preference … on child labour decisions in the household using recall information on child labour and a risk elicitation question. We …

We study household decision making in a high-stakes experiment with a random sample of households in rural China … stronger influence on the joint decision. -- household decision making ; risk ; field experiment ; China … preferences are more similar the richer the household and the higher the wife's relative income contribution. A couple's joint …

Using data from the Rural Ethiopian Household Survey, which contains a behavioral module, we explore the link between …

propose a theoretical model of the household based on the idea that altruism between household members vary with familial ties …In this paper, we investigate the link between intra-household resource allocation and familial ties between household …" familial ties (e.g. a nuclear family household) achieve near Pareto efficient allocation of productive resources and Pareto …

Japan's household saving rate showed great volatility, was often low and even negative, and was high only during the 25-year … trends over time in, Japan's household saving rate via various socioeconomic and policy variables. This seems to suggest that …