asymmetric equilibrium featuring household specialization can arise. Examples where the asymmetric equilibrium is welfare …

asymmetric equilibrium featuring household specialization can arise. Examples where the asymmetric equilibrium is welfare …

In this working paper, we analyze factors that may explain gender differences in the allocation of time to household … production in sub-Saharan Africa. The study uses time use survey data to analyze the determinants of time spent on household … spent by each spouse is a function of personal and household characteristics. A bivariate Tobit model is used to estimate …

This paper presents a model of consumption and household production that takes into account substitution between health … related to marriage markets that could help explain consumption, including demand for medical care and good nutrition. These … variables include sex ratios (and exogenous parameters that influence sex ratios) as well as legal changes related to marriage …

We evaluate the effects of the transition from cohabitation to marriage on household domestic and market work hours … the presence of endogenous regressors. Our results indicate that marriage increases women's specialization in home …-based activities and that marriage decreases women's leisure. These effects are robust across specifications …

This paper analyzes the intra-household distribution of wealth and welfare in the United States, within a theoretical … framework based on a collective model of labor supply, where household decisions are Pareto efficient, and spouses negotiate a … wives tend to be more altruistic in comparison to their husbands regarding the intra-household allocation of income, which …

data from Germany on couples, we control for fixed household specific effects to address the concern that retirement … home production done by the partner. The fall in household income at retirement of one of the partners is largely … compensated by an increase in total household production. …