Empirically analyzing household behavior usually relies on informal data preprocessing. That is, before an econometric model is estimated, observations are selected in such a way that the resulting subset of data can be assumed to be sufficiently homogeneous with respect to the specific research...

Der "private Haushalt" wird unter ganz verschiedenen Fragestellungen erforscht, z.B. von der Haushaltswissenschaft, der Ökonomie, der Soziologie, der amtlichen Statistik und nicht zuletzt von der Marktforschung, wobei ein systematischer Vergleich der Arbeiten unter dem Gesichtspunkt der...

A model of household decisions based on a bargaining approach is developed providing a comprehensive framework for the analysis of family behavior. Treating the family as an economic organization, household behavior is explained by the cooperation of utility maximizing individuals. The...

This paper compares predictions obtained for the analysis of tax reforms with collective and unitary models of household labour supply and consumption behaviour. We simulate real world microdata by means of a collective approach, using a compound procedure of estimation and calibration based on...