In this paper, we adopt the collective approach to consumer behavior --- which supposes that each household member is … (`m-demand') framework where household demands are directly derived from the marginal rates of substitution. We show that … (i) household demands have to satisfy testable constraints and (ii) some elements of the decision process can be …

measure. Using cross sectional data from de 1993 South Africa Integrated Household Survey, and health measures form de … household and community resources. Additionally, we test for a differential impact of mother’s education depending on the age …

This paper sets out a theoretical framework for models of the household production and labour supply decisions of … and pure leisure. The models are then compared with the standard household model estimated on household survey data … empirically, that the “income pooling hypothesisâ€? of the standard model cannot be tested on household survey data of this …

effects on household consumptions. The results, however, may be confounded by endogeneity of the income and asset variables …. This paper suggests that the marriage market conditions, summarized by the sex ratio, can be used to test the household … Indonesia, this paper conducts the combined test of the household models by estimating the effects of the provincial sex ratio …

We examine the question of which household members should consume medical services, and in what quantities, by using … Japanese household-level data. We employ two key concepts, health risk and income risk, and investigate whether family heads or … dependents bear these risks. Health risk is the risk that a household member falls ill, while income risk is the risk that future …

apply a housing tenure choice model in which a representative adult household makes a lifetime plan concerning when to buy …

's household bargaining power, but education is uncorrelated with either parent's bargaining power. The estimation results are …