Household collective models celebrate their thirtieth birthday. The collective approach constitutes, perhaps, the … to some excellent surveys of household collective models (Strauss et al., 2000; Vermeulen, 2002; Donni and Chiappori … papers, the collective framework has been used to provide theoretical results for a number of household issues; for example …

the household is an important factor that should be considered when analyzing household decisions. …

will devote to housework. However, when endogeneity of the uses of time are considered using the British Household Panel …

We make the novel argument that time spent on household chores can possibly reflect racial discrimination based on … color. Our model, based on Becker's theory of allocation of time and his theory of marriage, recognizes that both intra-household … ; racial discrimination ; household chores ; compensating differentials …

This paper studies household labor supply, within the context of an intertemporal collective model, and three prominent … all three alternatives based on how contemporary and historical changes to the economic environment affect household …

, and child care is offered, and explanations based on education, earnings, and household structure are presented, using …

intra-household non-commitment, limited commitment, and full commitment. It investigates whether, after controling for … supply and a positive impact on their spouses'. In addition, wives' past wage shocks also impact negatively household public …

This paper analyzes the intra-household distribution of wealth and welfare in the United States, within a theoretical … framework based on a collective model of labor supply, where household decisions are Pareto efficient, and spouses negotiate a … wives tend to be more altruistic in comparison to their husbands regarding the intra-household allocation of income, which …

(2002) to an intertemporal setting. We first develop a theoretical model to analyze the intra-household distribution of … setting. We show that wages are positively related to household labor supply, although cross and lagged effects show negative … correlates. Furthermore, the ability of wives to negotiate the intra-household allocation of non-labor income is mainly driven by …

lifecycle collective model of the household, through which it characterizes behavior in three prominent alternative types of … contemporaneous and historical news affect household behavior. Our test permits heterogeneity in the degree of commitment across …