We propose a method to identify bounds (i.e. set identification) on the sharing rule for a general collective household … bounds by applying revealed preference restrictions implied by the collective model to the household's continuous aggregate … assignable within the household, though having such information tightens the bounds. An empirical application demonstrates the …

on how many hours to work with obvious consequences for the household budget. We therefore model consumption and labor …

We show that as household size increases, households substitute away from prepared foods and towards ingredients. They …), mean that across household sizes, household market expenditures on food are not proportional to food consumption quantities …

household. We further propose a novel approach to model special cases of the general collective model. These special cases … include alternative restrictions on the 'sharing rule' that applies to each household, and which defines the distribution of … the household budget over the household members. A limiting case is the unitary model. Our application uses data from the …

The transferable utility hypothesis underlies important theoretical results in household economics. We provide a … revealed preference conditions that must be satisfied for observed household consumption behavior to be consistent with …