Exploiting unique panel data that include direct measurements of resource allocation within households, we investigate the impact of childbirth on intrahousehold allocation for married Japanese couples. Based on a collective model of the household, and assuming weak separability, we develop...

We consider a collective model of a household in which each member has a utility function satisfying the weak separability condition. We show that the separability at the individual level carries over to the household level and that the allocation of private goods in any Pareto-efficient...

We investigate how childbirth affects intrahousehold resource allocation for married Japanese couples. We develop reduced-form and structural-form specifications from a unified theoretical framework. Under a weak set of assumptions, we can focus on private goods to track the changes in...