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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Italy Survey of Household Income and Wealth (SHIW), a repeated cross-sectional survey that covers the period 1977-1998, we …