This paper studies how the risk of divorce affects the human capital decisions of a young couple. We consider a setting …

fathers shift time and effort from market to home production. In an investigation of Norwegian time use data we find …

that spouses jointly spend on leisure, household chores and child care. By using a innovative matching strategy, this …, but only for childless couples. Work timing also influences the joint time that is spent on household chores, but the …

in a household can be supported by self interest. Since the costs of raising children are unequally distributed among …

be beneficial when human capital, rather than physical capital or land, is the most important factor of production. …-cooperative model of household decision making to answer this question. We show that when women have lower wages than men, they may … necessarily mean that giving money to women is a good development policy. We show that depending on the nature of the production …