This paper examines the interactions between household members’ utilities when deciding whether or not to join the …

order to increase the amount of joint leisure time. This paper tries to answer three questions using a new matching …

the assumption that there is no within household inequality. In this paper, we show that ignoring consumption inequality … households. Second, the rise in inequality since the 1970s is overstated by two-thirds: within house-hold inequality declined … on wages and hours worked can simultaneously explain virtually all of the decline in within household inequality and a …

This paper analyzes the household decision-making process leading to the allocation of time and consumption in the … family. We estimate, on the British Household Panel Survey, a collective model of demand for leisure generalized to the … production of a household public good. For the first time in such a framework the sharing rule conditional on public expenditures …

household farm, as is the case for the vast majority of child workers, rather than for wages. In this study, we estimate a … household income function with child labour included as an input. Results using a variety of functional forms and alternative … working child is estimated at 4 to 7% of household income, although there is substantial variation with contributions ranging …

household farm, as is the case for the vast majority of child workers, rather than for wages. In this study, we estimate a … household income function with child labour included as an input. Results using a variety of functional forms and alternative … working child is estimated at 4 to 7% of household income, although there is substantial variation with contributions ranging …

This paper is the first of its kind to study utility interdependence in marriage using information on subjective well …

This paper empirically examines the life-time joint decision problem of marriage, childbearing, and labor force … generally insignificant. Utility gains and losses from marriage are significantly negative if one leaves out financial … of marriage and two children as a typical family unit is negative for women in the labor force. …