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A Public Good Version of the Collective Household Model : An Empirical Approach with an Application to British Household Data
Klaveren, Chris van; van Praag, B.M.S; Maassen van den … - 2021
In this paper we consider an empirical collective household model of time allocation for two-earner households. The … novelty of this paper is that we estimate a version of the collective household model, where the internally produced goods and … are equally weighted in the household utility function; (3) Differences in the ratio of the partners' hourly wages are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316615
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Scarcity and Consumption Priorities
Dahan, Momi; Sayag, Doron - 2023
This paper focuses on whether households facing economic scarcity tend to change consumption priorities as measured by the share of spending on necessity goods relative to luxury goods in a large national supermarket chain in Israel for the years 2011–2018. Based on detailed weekly revenue...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014358647
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Does Paternity Leave Promote Gender Equality within Households?
Gonzalez, Libertad; Zoabi, Hosny - 2021
We consider a non-cooperative model of the household, in which the husband and wife decide on parental leave and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013311580
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Cash Transfer Programs and Household Labor Supply
Boca, Daniela Del - 2020
a conditional cash transfer program (CCT) to low-income families with dependent children on household members' labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834995
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Pandemic Consumption
Bachmann, Rüdiger; Bayer, Christian; Kornejew, Martin - 2023
This paper examines how households adjusted their consumption behavior in response to COVID-19 infection risk during the early phase of the pandemic. We use a monthly consumption survey specifically designed by the German Statistical Office covering the second wave of COVID-19 infections from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014356975
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Consumption Patterns of Indebted Households : Unravelling the Relevance of Fiscal Policy
Afonso, António; Sá Fortes Leitão Rodrigues, Eduardo de - 2023
We have investigated the influence of fiscal instruments, notably taxes on income and government spending, on household … consumption in two different samples and two measures of household debt to provide a comprehensive analysis of the topic. We used … government spending or reduced taxes, in the presence of high indebtedness, actually discourage household consumption compared to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014346252
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Competition for Promotion Can Induce Household Specialization between Equally Competitive Spouses
Bastani, Spencer; Dickmanns, Lisa; Giebe, Thomas; … - 2022
asymmetric equilibrium featuring household specialization can arise. Examples where the asymmetric equilibrium is welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013293277
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Gathering Support for Green Tax Reform : Evidence from German Household Surveys
van der Ploeg, Rick; Rezai, Armon; Tovar, Miguel - 2021
investigate this, we estimate an EASI demand system from German household data and a labour supply schedule, using wage data, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314691
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Intra-household work timing: The effect on joint activities and the demand for child care
van Klaveren, Chris; Maassen van den Brink, Henriëtte; … - 2011
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275853
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Playing with the good guys : a public good game with endogenous group formation
Brekke, Kjell Arne; Hauge, Karen Evelyn; Lind, Jo Thori; … - 2009
In public good games, voluntary contributions tend to start off high and decline as the game is repeated. If high contributors are matched, however, contributions tend to stay high. We propose a formalization predicting that high contributors will self-select into groups committed to charitable...
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