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 …

because it ignores public good and the allocation of time to market work, leisure and household production. We develop a money … metric measure of welfare that accounts for public goods (by using personalized prices) household production and for the …

We provide a nonparametric 'revealed preference' characterization of rational household behavior in terms of the … nature of consumption externalities (positive or negative) in the intra-household allocation process is non-testable. The …, monotonicity is testable for the model that assumes all household consumption is public …

the recovery of theory-consistent discount rates for each individual within a particular household under study. We find … household choice are the product of individual preference nonstationarities or the result of individual heterogeneity and … renegotiation within the collective unit. An empirical application to household-level microdata highlights that an explicit …

the collective nature of choice allows the vast majority of household behavior to be rationalized by theory that assumes …This paper develops a revealed preference methodology for exploring whether time inconsistencies in household choice … within the collective unit. An empirical application to household-level microdata highlights that an explicit recognition of …

conditions of household consumption models with varying degrees of cooperation. Using these conditions, we show independence (or …

conditions of household consumption models with varying degrees of cooperation. Using these conditions, we show independence (or …

household demand patterns for food are affected by spouse’s relative bargaining power. Failure to account for these effects …