The interdependence of Japan’s Nikkei (JN), Taiwan Weighted (TW), Singapore Strait Times (SST), Korea Composite (KC) and Hang Seng (HS) SPIs is tested on 2739 daily observations for July 8, 1990 to July 6, 2000.

This paper tests, using data from South Africa and Pakistan, two major implications of the unitary household model, namely, that (a) each individual pools the various components of her/his non labour earnings, and (b) men and women pool their non labour earnings between themselves. The study...