conditions of household consumption models with varying degrees of cooperation. Using these conditions, we show independence (or …

We present a household consumption model that accounts for caring house- hold members, while allowing for … caring between the household members. By varying the degree of in- trahousehold caring, the model encompasses a whole … continuum of household consumption models that are situated between the fully cooperative model and the noncooperative model …

household consumption model. Unlike the effects of distribution factors, it is well known that the level of the sharing rule … get these bounds by applying revealed preference restrictions implied by the collective model to the household …, private, or assignable within the household, though having such information tightens the bounds. An empirical application …

We provide a nonparametric 'revealed preference' characterization of rational household behavior in terms of the … nature of consumption externalities (positive or negative) in the intra-household allocation process is non-testable. The …, monotonicity is testable for the model that assumes all household consumption is public. …