This paper examines the role of spousal trust in intra-household decision making through its potential of inciting the … perspective, our findings have important implications for the design and evaluation of household-based (saving) interventions by …

justifiably trusting their husbands), higher savings were achieved through wives' increased involvement in household decisions … higher savings. Our findings encourage household-based interventions to consider spouses' (mis)perceptions about intra-household …

Several models of intra-household decision making have been suggested in the literature. We present a framework that … relationship between expenditures on goods and the intra-household distribution of income. We estimate and test between these … relationships using Canadian household expenditure data. We conclude that there is evidence that both husbands and wives care for …