This study examines the effect of a tightening of the U.S. air-quality standard for lead in 2009 on the relocation of … battery recycling to Mexico and on infant health in Mexico. In the U.S., airborne lead dropped sharply near affected plants …, most of which were battery-recycling plants. Exports of used batteries to Mexico rose markedly. In Mexico, production …

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

Using combined data from population censuses and Urban Household Surveys, we study the effects of demographic … structural changes on the rise in household saving in China. Variations in fines across provinces on unauthorized births under … investigated in the context of household saving decisions in China …

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 …

This article considers non-unitary models of household behavior. These models suppose explicitly that households … household behavior in these models are subject to constraints that differ from the traditional Slutsky conditions. In addition …, in a certain number of specific cases, the preferences of the different household members can be identified from …

production inefficiencies relate to consumption decisions and information sharing within the household. In a lab …-in-the-field experiment, male producers allocate too few inputs to their wife's plot, failing to maximize household aggregate profits. They do … further leads to sharp predictions. Joint contribution to a household public good compels spouses to make efficient production …

Norwegian household data for 1994. For any given tax rule, the estimated model can be used to simulate the choices made by …