or region of residence) operate on the same marriage market and are characterized by a homogeneous consumption technology … consumption level in case of marriage dissolution or spousal death. …We propose a novel structural method to empirically identify economies of scale in household consumption. We assume …

or region of residence) operate on the same marriage market and are characterized by a homogeneous consumption technology … consumption level in case of marriage dissolution or spousal death …We propose a novel structural method to empirically identify economies of scale in household consumption. We assume …

or region of residence) operate on the same marriage market and are characterized by a homogeneous consumption technology … consumption level in case of marriage dissolution or spousal death …We propose a novel structural method to empirically identify economies of scale in household consumption. We assume …

related to marriage markets that could help explain consumption, including demand for medical care and good nutrition. These …This paper presents a model of consumption and household production that takes into account substitution between health … variables include sex ratios (and exogenous parameters that influence sex ratios) as well as legal changes related to marriage …

specific household members, to be used for identification. We rely on a collective model of household consumption that accounts … for (potentially unequal) resource sharing and jointness in consumption (generating economies of scale). Results indicate …

This paper investigates the relationship between the probability of divorce and marriage specific investments. As these … relationship between divorce and marital investments is offered in terms of increasing intra-household time consumption …

associated with a lower saving rate. This is consistent with the hypothesis that such families, facing a less competitive … marriage market thanks to the relative under-supply of unmarried women, have lower incentives to raise their female heirs …

associated with a lower saving rate, consistent with the hypothesis that the relative under-supply of unmarried women generates a … less competitive marriage market for families with daughters vs. those with sons. As a result, such families have lower …

arrangement, and marital status. We find that the U.S. anti-poverty policy distorts the cohabitation/marriage decision of single …