wage. We find this for all household types. (6) The presence of (more) children reduces the hours of labor supplied by … time to different activities. In order to do so, we empirically estimate a collective household labor supply model. The … main findings are that: (1) Leisure and household income are the most important variables in the utility function of the …

older siblings suggest that the policy affects the whole household, not just targeted family members …

on children’s and parents’ outcomes. We document that paternity leave causes fathers to become more important for … children’s cognitive skills. School performance at age 16 increases for children whose father is relatively higher educated …

are time consuming activities that can be produced within the household or bought at the market and are, thus, connected … through the intertemporal budget constraint of the household that accounts for time and money. This paper models that link and …

In this paper, we present a model of a one parent-one child household where parental decisions on labor supply, leisure …

both spouses maximize a household utility function. We assume that paid labor and housework are the endogenous choice … variables and furthermore consider household production. Surinamese/Antillean and Turkish women differ from Dutch women because … they value (joint) household production more in their utility function. Surinamese/Antillean and Turkish men, on the other …

This paper investigates how mothers' decision to stay at home with young children affects their subsequent work careers …