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Do couples pool their income? : evidence from demand system estimation for Germany
Beznoska, Martin - 2019
Whether couples pool their resources and behave like a unit or spend their income individually is crucial for social and tax policy. In this paper, I provide a test of the income pooling hypothesis using administrative cross-sectional survey data on expenditures and individual incomes of couple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012231157
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Do couples pool their income? : evidence from demand system estimation for Germany
Beznoska, Martin - 2019
Whether couples pool their resources and behave like a unit or spend their income individually is crucial for social and tax policy. In this paper, I provide a test of the income pooling hypothesis using administrative cross-sectional survey data on expenditures and individual incomes of couple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011972980
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Wealth distribution within couples
Grabka, Markus M.; Marcus, Jan; Sierminska, Eva - 2013
While most studies on wealth inequality focus on the inequality between households, this paper examines the distribution of wealth within couples. For this purpose, we make use of unique individual level micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). In married and cohabiting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010195489
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Wealth distribution within couples
Grabka, Markus M.; Marcus, Jan; Sierminska, Eva - 2013
While most studies on wealth inequality focus on the inequality between households, this paper examines the distribution of wealth within couples. For this purpose, we make use of unique individual level micro data from the German socio-economic panel study. In married and cohabiting couples...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538848
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Equality-efficiency trade-off within French and German couples : a comparative experimental study ; conference paper
Couprie, Hélène; Beblo, Miriam; Beninger, Denis; … - 2013
We present the results of an experiment that measures social preferences within couples in a context where intra-household pay-off inequality can be reduced at the cost of diminishing household income. We measure social norms regarding this efficiency-equality trade-off and implement a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342891
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Experimental evidence on bargaining power within couples : conference paper
Beninger, Denis; Beblo, Miriam - 2014
We conducted an experiment on the nature of income sharing within 95 established couples in Germany. In a first step, the partners revealed their individual preferences by making consumption choices independently. In a second step, decisions were taken jointly over five different rounds with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010491099
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Making dough or baking dough? : spousal housework responsibilities in Germany, 1992 - 2011
Procher, Vivien; Ritter, Nolan; Vance, Colin - 2014
- influence his or her contribution to housework? (2) If so, does the magnitude of this influence differ by gender? and (3) How … important are traditional gender roles on housework allocation? We address these issues by applying a panel quantile regression …, with the latter effect being roughly equal across genders. Nevertheless, traditional gender roles also appear to dictate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010254311
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Remittances and gender : theoretical considerations and empirical evidence
Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - 2011
In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826713
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Remittances and gender : theoretical considerations and empirical evidence
Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - 2011
In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained … and the network structure in the home country both play important roles in explaining remittances. -- Remittances ; gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009308945
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Remittances and Gender : Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence
Holst, Elke - 2011
In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130455