propose a theoretical model of the household based on the idea that altruism between household members vary with familial ties …In this paper, we investigate the link between intra-household resource allocation and familial ties between household …" familial ties (e.g. a nuclear family household) achieve near Pareto efficient allocation of productive resources and Pareto …

We conducted an experiment on the nature of income sharing within 95 established couples in Germany. In a first step …

-in-the-Field experiment to study whether increasing the wife's control over resources causes a couple to allocate more to their child. The … household decision-making; it is better for the child that the most patient spouse has more relative bargaining power. Our … results highlight the importance of taking a broader set of preferences into Account when studying household decision …