We provide a nonparametric 'revealed preference' characterization of rational household behavior in terms of the … nature of consumption externalities (positive or negative) in the intra-household allocation process is non-testable. The …, monotonicity is testable for the model that assumes all household consumption is public …

.e. ignoring within-household inequality). This assessment of existing approaches to measure individual inequality and poverty is …

Udry (1996) uses household survey data and finds that the allocation of resources within households is Pareto … planted with the same crop in the same year, within a given household, those controlled by women produce lower yields than the …

We propose a method to identify bounds (i.e. set identification) on the sharing rule for a general collective household … bounds by applying revealed preference restrictions implied by the collective model to the household's continuous aggregate … assignable within the household, though having such information tightens the bounds. An empirical application demonstrates the …

We develop a novel framework to analyze the structural implications of the marriage market for household consumption … patterns. We start by defining a revealed preference characterization of efficient household consumption when the marriage is … observation per household and individual preferences are heterogeneous across households. In addition, the characterization allows …

Much of the recent literature in household economics has been critical of unitary models of household decision … individual models presented in his theory of marriage. Decision-making models assuming independent individual household members … household welfare function …

of monetary and leisure incentives, which reflect the complex welfare system in Ireland. The household extension version … of the model adapts a collective modelling approach, where the intra-household bargaining is considered. We further … reform on household retirement behaviours. The paper, in addition, applies the model to assess individual budgetary …

This paper revisits the issue of the intra-household allocation of education expenditure with the recently available …) and the decision of how much to spend on education, conditional on enrolling. Finally the paper also uses household fixed … effects to examine whether any gender bias is a within-household phenomenon. The paper finds that the traditional Engel method …

are frequently taken at the household level. We fill this gap by developing and estimating an household search model with … ignoring the household as unit of decision-making has relevant empirical consequences. In estimation, the individual search … specification implies gender wage offers differentials 200% larger than the household search specification. In the application, the …

wage differences, variation in prices of bought-in inputs into household production in the form of child care, and domestic … productivity differences as determinants of across-household heterogeneity in second earner labour supply. The analysis highlights … specification of household time use widens the set of cases in which individual taxation is welfare-superior to joint taxation …