Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Maluccio, John A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000
The paper reviews recent theory and empirical evidence testing unitary versus collective models of the household. In … contrast to the unitary model, the collective model posits that individuals within households have different preferences and do … not pool their income. Moreover, the collective model predicts that intrahousehold allocations reflect differences in …