We investigate the relationship between the individual and household indirect utility functions in the context of a … collective household model. Our analysis produces new results that explain how the rule governing the distribution of resources … among household members is related to the measurement of household welfare and intra-household inequality. We show that in a …

Studies of inequality often ignore resource allocation within the household. In doing so they miss an important element … intrahousehold allocation of resources and welfare. We show how the sharing rule, which characterizes the within-household … allocations, can be identified from data on household consumption and labor supply. We also argue that a measure based on …

This paper analyzes the intra-household distribution of wealth and welfare in the United States, within a theoretical … framework based on a collective model of labor supply, where household decisions are Pareto efficient, and spouses negotiate a … wives tend to be more altruistic in comparison to their husbands regarding the intra-household allocation of income, which …

This paper analyzes the intra-household distribution of wealth and welfare in the United States, within a theoretical … framework based on a collective model of labor supply, where household decisions are Pareto efficient, and spouses negotiate a … wives tend to be more altruistic in comparison to their husbands regarding the intra-household allocation of income, which …

Studies of inequality often ignore resource allocation within the household. In doing so they miss an important element …, measures of inequality that ignore intra household allocations are both incomplete and misleading. We discuss determinants of … intra household allocation of resources and welfare. We show how the sharing rule, which characterizes the within household …

To describe and understand the economic inequality in a given so- ciety, it is necessary to understand intra-household … paper gives an overview of within-household distributions in different settings, both between the adults and also between … often, but not always, disfavor women and children. The paper also discusses the importance of intra-household allocations …

Collective models have become the go-to framework for intra-household allocations. Available empirical collective … models are built for fixed sets of household members and accommodate diversity in household structures with difficulty … naturally to households of all shapes and sizes. An intuitive assumption about how allocations change with household composition …