This chapter surveys the voluminous literature on household formation and marriage markets in developing countries. We … market. We end the chapter with a discussion of marriage dissolution and other changes in household structure. Fertility … these factors are particularly important in poor countries, especially in a rural setting. We then focus on marriage, which …

There is some controversy in the field of household economics regarding the efficiency of household decisions. We make … the point that a flexible specification of spousal preferences and the household production technology precludes the … possibility of using revealed preference data on household time allocations to determine the manner in which spouses interact …

In this paper, we analyze the nature of intra-household allocations and commitment using unique panel data on … individual-specific within-household consumption expenditures and on time used for leisure, market production and home production …. Specifically we estimate a dynamic collective model of the household in which husbands and wives care about private consumption …

Studies of inequality often ignore resource allocation within the household. In doing so they miss an important element … intrahousehold allocation of resources and welfare. We show how the sharing rule, which characterizes the within-household … allocations, can be identified from data on household consumption and labor supply. We also argue that a measure based on …

gender inequality. Because parenthood is often tied to marriage, we also investigate the existence of marriage penalties in … female employment. In general, women experience both marriage and child penalties, but their relative importance depends on … economic development. The development process is associated with a substitution from marriage penalties to child penalties …

In the United States do hours of household work vary by whether individuals are in different-race or same-race couples … intermarriage differentials in hours of household work seem to be more prevalent among the U.S.-born than the foreign-born. …

The time household members in industrialized countries spend on housework and shopping is substantial, amounting on … behavior should reduce the gender bias in household production time and reduce inefficiency in home production. Policymakers …