We make the novel argument that time spent on household chores can possibly reflect racial discrimination based on … color. Our model, based on Becker's theory of allocation of time and his theory of marriage, recognizes that both intra-household … ; racial discrimination ; household chores ; compensating differentials …

this paper, we examine the impact of individual unexpected inheritances on the household labor supply. To do so, we use … whether inheritances are equally distributed within the household or, on the contrary, the identity of the recipient matters …

lifecycle collective model of the household, through which it characterizes behavior in three prominent alternative types of … contemporaneous and historical news affect household behavior. Our test permits heterogeneity in the degree of commitment across …

This paper analyses the impact of current and past lottery wins on household labor supply in the United Kingdom using … data from the British Household Panel Survey 1997-2008. Estimating individual fixed-effects models, we show that male … (lottery wins worth more than £500), we find a compensation effect within the household, as the recipient's spouse increases …

behavior, and to their implications. This study analyses the relationship between individual commuting behavior and household …, we analyze the relationship between commuting time, and the time devoted to home production and childcare. To deal with … causality is taken into account, we find that the effect of home production on commuting time for women is more than double the …