of household behavior and marriage market equilibrium, it is perhaps not surprising that neither model provides good …We develop a simple model of household time allocation decisions under strong functional form assumptions regarding … preferences and household production technology. We argue that the specification is general when allowing for unrestrictive forms …

for consumption of the individual worker. However, most household panel surveys contain consumption information only at … the household level. We show that proxying individual consumption by household consumption biases estimated Frisch … elasticities downward as limited commitment in the household induces individual consumption to behave differently from household …

There is some controversy in the field of household economics regarding the efficiency of household decisions. We make … the point that a flexible specification of spousal preferences and the household production technology precludes the … possibility of using revealed preference data on household time allocations to determine the manner in which spouses interact …

There is some controversy in the field of household economics regarding the efficiency of household decisions. We make … the point that a flexible specification of spousal preferences and the household production technology precludes the … possibility of using revealed preference data on household time allocations to determine the manner in which spouses interact …

There is some controversy in the field of household economics regarding the efficiency of household decisions. We make … the point that a flexible specification of spousal preferences and the household production technology precludes the … possibility of using revealed preference data on household time allocations to determine the manner in which spouses interact …

There is some controversy in the field of household economics regarding the efficiency of household decisions. We make … the point that a flexible specification of spousal preferences and the household production technology precludes the … possibility of using revealed preference data on household time allocations to determine the manner in which spouses interact …

There is some controversy in the field of household economics regarding the efficiency of household decisions. We make … the point that a flexible specification of spousal preferences and the household production technology precludes the … possibility of using revealed preference data on household time allocations to determine the manner in which spouses interact …

Australia, UK and US, we find that selection into marriage by individuals with a higher taste for home-produced goods can … two-hour increase in housework time for each partner upon marriage, with women specializing in routine, and men …

at paid work, household chores, or both, while their husbands do no extra work. In some cases, they work for just an … extra hour per day. Immigrant men do not pay such a price. Some work 34 min less at household chores than native men in all …-native marriage. An explanation based on the operation of competitive marriage markets works for immigrant women, but not for …

hours at paid work, household chores or both, while their husbands do no extra work. In some cases they work an extra hour … per day. Immigrant men don't pay such price. Some work 34 minutes less at household chores than native men in all … all-native marriage. An explanation based on the operation of competitive marriage markets works for immigrant women but …