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 …

This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and the Republic of Korea using longterm time series … data for the 1975-2010 period, focusing in particular on the impact of the premarital sex ratio on the household saving … to females) has a significant impact on the household saving rate in both India and the Republic of Korea, even after …

This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and the Republic of Korea using long-term time series … data for the 1975–2010 period, focusing in particular on the impact of the premarital sex ratio on the household saving … to females) has a significant impact on the household saving rate in both India and the Republic of Korea, even after …

This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and Korea using long-term time series data for the 1975 …-2010 period, focusing in particular on the impact of the pre-marital sex ratio on the household saving rate. To summarize the main … impact on the household saving rate in both India and Korea, even after controlling for the usual suspects such as the aged …

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 …

consistent with a precautionary motive for saving. …

Recent influential papers claim that single men's saving competition for marriage intensified by an increase in the …. In this paper, we analyze whether the marriage competition remains a first-order effect on saving, when another margin of … adjustment to sex ratio imbalance, men's postponement of marriage, is considered. We construct a theoretical and quantitative …

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