This article considers non-unitary models of household behavior. These models suppose explicitly that households … household behavior in these models are subject to constraints that differ from the traditional Slutsky conditions. In addition …, in a certain number of specific cases, the preferences of the different household members can be identified from …

Recommended readings (Machine generated): 1. Gary S. Becker (1965), 'A Theory of the Allocation of Time', Economic …. Pierre-André Chiappori (1988), 'Rational Household Labor Supply', Econometrica, 56 (1), January, 63-90 66 -- 6. Patricia F …. Apps and Ray Rees (1988), 'Taxation and the Household', Journal of Public Economics, 35 (3), April, 355-69 94 -- 7. Pierre …

theory, from the initial 'unitary' model that postulates that the family behaves as a single decision maker, to modern … related to intra-household commitment, and on policy implications." …

household formation and dissolution and who marries whom. Matching models with and without frictions are analyzed and the …