This paper focuses on the trade-off faced by governments in deciding the allocation of public expenditures between …

This paper studies allocation correspondences in the house allocation problems with collective initial endowments. We … examine the implications of two axioms, namely “consistency” and “unanimity.” Consistency requires the allocation … correspondence be invariant under reductions of population. Unanimity requires the allocation correspondence respect unanimity, that …

Udry (1996) uses household survey data and finds that the allocation of resources within households is Pareto … years, households try to avoid losses from Pareto inefficiency. -- intrahousehold allocation ; collective household models …