We examine causes and consequences of relative income within households. We establish that gender identity - in … production. The distribution of the share of household income earned by the wife exhibits a sharp cliff at 0.5, which suggests … their marriage and are more likely to divorce. Finally, based on time use surveys, the gender gap in non-market work is …

supermarket entry on household welfare. The richness of the microdata allows us to estimate a general expression for the gains … large and significant welfare gains for the average household that are mainly driven by a reduction in the cost of living …

. Evidence supports that this is a causal effect of the post-natal environment; family disadvantage is unrelated to the gender … gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in …

data through 2008 to investigate whether bank consolidation and other measures achieved their stated goals and whether they …

This paper studies the effect that changing demographic patterns have had on the household saving rate in China. We …'s utility enter into parent's utility where parents choose the consumption level of the young until they leave the household … the household saving rate …

gross domestic product (GDP) in the past three decades and a surge in the saving rate by 11 percentage points from 2000-2008 …. Using data from the Flow of Funds Accounts (FFA) and Urban Household Surveys (UHS) supplemented by the findings from … household sectors. Although the causes of China's high saving are complex, we suggest that the evolving economic, demographic …

correlated in most villages with portfolio-choice estimates. The heterogeneity matters for policy: Although the average household …