To describe and understand the economic inequality in a given so- ciety, it is necessary to understand intra-household … paper gives an overview of within-household distributions in different settings, both between the adults and also between … often, but not always, disfavor women and children. The paper also discusses the importance of intra-household allocations …

the individual level is difficult since consumption data are typically collected at the household level. Per capita … measures based on household-level data ignore both inequality within the household and economies of scale in consumption. The … collective household model offers an alternative and promising framework to estimate poverty at the individual level while …

We investigate the relationship between the individual and household indirect utility functions in the context of a … collective household model. Our analysis produces new results that explain how the rule governing the distribution of resources … among household members is related to the measurement of household welfare and intra-household inequality. We show that in a …

This paper analyzes the intra-household distribution of wealth and welfare in the United States, within a theoretical … framework based on a collective model of labor supply, where household decisions are Pareto efficient, and spouses negotiate a … wives tend to be more altruistic in comparison to their husbands regarding the intra-household allocation of income, which …