In this paper we consider an empirical collective household model of time allocation for twoearnerhouseholds. The … equally weighted in the household utility function; (3)Differences in the ratio of the partners' hourly wages are explanatory … for how individualutilities are weighted in the household utility function. (4) The female's preference forhousehold …

the collective approach for household behaviour and the discrete hours choice framework with fixed costs of work. We …

the collective approach for household behaviour and the discrete hours choice framework with fixed costs of work. We … pooling of men's earnings and the household's non-labour income in the female's budget constraint. These differences in …

We present a structural empirical model of collective household labour supply.Following recent developments in the … literature on collective household labour sup-ply our model allows for the nonparticipation decision, along with the choiceof … applicationof the collective household labour supply model. The model is estimated using apaneldata set of Dutch couples. The …

preference for total household production is influenced by family size for the female but not for the male (6). Both males and …In this paper an empirical model is developed where the collective household model is used as a basic framework to … describe the time allocation problem. The collective model views household behavior as the outcome of maximizing a household …

male; (2) Leisure, total household production and total household production interacted with family size are important … 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 …