household member is at risk of losing his/her job, the partner is 30% more likely to enter the labour market (extensive margin …

The literature suggests that the household invests in the human capital of a child member not only for altruistic … is a function of the risk preference of the household head. This paper estimates the effect of parental risk preference … on child labour decisions in the household using recall information on child labour and a risk elicitation question. We …

on household earnings from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. By analyzing total household labor earnings as well as each … ameliorates household earnings risk through both extensive and intensive margins …

Income Dynamics (PSID) für die USA zeigen, dass sowohl Lohn- als auch Stundenshocks eine wichtige Rolle für die Erklärung der … our model with the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) shows that both permanent wage and hours shocks play an important …

with cash transfer policies. It also suggests that in a noncooperative set up, where household members do not share their … financial information, resources tend to be under-allocated in household public goods such as children. …