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Italy Survey of Household Income and Wealth (SHIW), a repeated cross-sectional survey that covers the period 1977-1998, we …
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There is some controversy in the field of household economics regarding the efficiency of household decisions. We make … the point that a flexible specification of spousal preferences and the household production technology precludes the … possibility of using revealed preference data on household time allocations to determine the manner in which spouses interact …
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There is some controversy in the field of household economics regarding the efficiency of household decisions. We make … the point that a flexible specification of spousal preferences and the household production technology precludes the … possibility of using revealed preference data on household time allocations to determine the manner in which spouses interact …
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In spite of relatively generous public subsidies and a reputation for high quality, only a very limited proportion of Italian families use public child care. In this paper we explore the significance of various factors on the choices made between different types of child care. In part one, we...
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We develop a simple model of household time allocation decisions under strong functional form assumptions regarding … preferences and household production technology. We argue that the specification is general when allowing for unrestrictive forms … market hours and time spent in household production, we estimate the marginal distribution of male and female characteristics …
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Most econometric models of intrahousehold behavior assume that household decision-making is efficient, i.e., utility … the household allocation problem. Short-run constraints ensure that each spouse obtains a utility level at least equal to … payoffs in all successive periods. Given household characteristics and the (common) discount factor of the spouses, not all …
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Most econometric models of intrahousehold behavior assume that household decision making is efficient, i.e., utility … the household allocation problem. Short-run constraints ensure that each spouse obtains a utility level at least equal to … payoffs in all successive periods. Given household characteristics and the (common) discount factor of the spouses, not all …
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We develop a simple model of household time allocation decisions under strong functional form assumptions regarding … preferences and household production technology. We argue that the specification is general when allowing for unrestrictive forms … market hours and time spent in household production, we estimate the marginal distribution of male and female characteristics …
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conditional cash transfer (CCT) program to low-income families with dependent children on household members' labor supply …
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