Most studies that explore collective models of intra-household decision-making use economic outcomes such as human … households. In the current study, a direct measure of financial decision-making power within the household is used to directly … Study. The influence of gender differences in intra-household decision-making on resource allocations to per capita …

capacity nor the power to influence the household decision process. The literature on collective models has so far incorporated … members influencing the household decision-making process …Children are seldom accounted for in household behavioural models. They are usually assumed to have neither the …

capacity nor the power to influence the household decision process. The literature on collective models has so far incorporated … household decision-making process …Children are seldom accounted for in household behavioural models. They are usually assumed to have neither the …

Using data on elderly individuals and couples, we estimate a collective model of household consumption of a variety of … goods, showing how resources are shared between husband and wife, and how this allocation is affected by retirement and … costs of living relative to living alone. We also identify the fraction of household resources consumed by wives versus …