We use panel data from El Salvador to investigate migration and the intra-household allocation of labor as a strategy … for coping with uninsured risk. Consistent with a model of a farm household with a binding subsistence constraint, we show … labor within the household in El Salvador. In contrast, after damage sustained from the 2001 earthquakes, female migration …

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

population in the household then examine the determinants of the decision to supply labour. The fraction of home …-produced childcare to household childcare needs is considered to be a public good within the household, for which preferences are … of the choice of home childcare vs. labour supply. We are able to quantify each household's sensitivity to potential …

native women. We hypothesize that female immigration led to an increase in the supply of affordable household services, such … size of the household services sector and to an increase in the labor supply of women in high-earning occupations (of about …, to stay in the workforce longer when having elderly dependents in the household, and to postpone retirement …

human capital theory and a household production model of migration where migrants may be temporary by choice and not because …

The family investment hypothesis predicts that credit-constrained immigrant families adopt a household strategy for …