effect on a child's enrollment. We also use this shock to test several theories of intra-household allocation and find little …

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 …

The methodology by Lazear and Michael (1988) is used to decompose household expenditures into that for adults and … household level heterogeneity. In addition, a new and approximate test for the estimated ratios is applied. The empirical … reflect stability of marriage indicating that ‘optimal’ matching in the marriage market is an important determinant of intra-household …

separability in preferences. Panel/longitudinal data are used helping to control for household level heterogeneity. The empirical … household income affect male members of households (men and boys) more than female members (women and girls). On the other hand …, changes in price affect women and boys more than men and girls. In addition, adjustments in household expenditure due to …