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On the optimality of joint taxation with household production

Kleven, Henrik Jacobsen; Kreiner, Claus Thustrup - 2001

The existing literature suggests that the concern for economic efficiency calls for individual taxation of married couples with a higher rate on the primary earner. This paper reconsiders the choice of tax unit in the Becker model of household production, which includes previous analyses as...

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Introduction to a theory of the allocation of time by Gary Becker

Heckman, James J. - 2014

Gary Becker's classic study, A Theory of the Allocation of Time, laid the analytical foundations for the study of … household production and the allocation of time within the household. The analytical framework of household production theory …

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Do significant labor market events change who does the chores? : paid work, housework and power in mixed-gender Australian households

Foster, Gigi; Stratton, Leslie S. - 2017

We examine how men and women in mixed-gender unions change the time they allocate to housework in response to labor … strongest association with housework time allocation adjustments. These adjustments are in part attributable to concurrent … holding more liberal gender role attitudes are more likely to adjust their housework time allocations after female promotion …

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Intrahousehold allocation of household production: a comparative analysis for Sub-Saharan African countries

Rios-Avila, Fernando; Oduro, Abena D.; Pires, Luiza Nassif - 2021

conclusions. We do find some weak evidence that supports time availability and gender ideology theory as well as for the …

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Do immigrants pay a price when marrying natives? : lessons from the US Time Use Survey

Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana; Vernon, Victoria - 2020

Using the American Time Use Survey for the years 2003-18 we compare the allocation of time of native men and women married to immigrants with that of their counterparts in all-native couples. We find that when intermarried to a native some immigrant women pay an assimilation price to the extent...

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Incorporating fairness motives into the impulse balance equilibrium and quantal response equilibrium concepts : an application to 2x2 games

Tavoni, Alessandro - 2009

successful in terms of fit to the experimental data: EQRE, IBE, EIBE, QRE and Nash equilibrium. -- Fairness ; Inequity aversion …

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Do parents tax their children? : teenage labour supply and financial support

Holford, Angus - 2016

This paper models child employment and parental pocket money decisions as a non-cooperative game. Assuming that the child human capital is a household public good and that the relationship between child human capital and employment is concave, we compare the welfare obtained under different...

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Do parents tax their children? : teenage labour supply and financial support

Holford, Angus - 2016

This paper models child employment and parental pocket money decisions as a non- cooperative game. Assuming that the child human capital is a household public good and that the relationship between child human capital and employment is concave, we compare the welfare obtained under different...

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A constitutional theory of the family

Cigno, Alessandro (contributor) - 2005

The paper re-examines the idea that a family can be viewed as a community governed by a self-enforcing constitution, and extends existing results in two directions. First, it identifies circumstances in which a constitution is renegotiation-proof. Second, it introduces parental altruism. The...

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Competition for promotion can induce household specialization between equally competitive spouses

Bastani, Spencer; Dickmanns, Lisa; Giebe, Thomas; … - 2022

We analyze equally competitive spouses competing for promotion in their respective workplaces and show that an asymmetric equilibrium featuring household specialization can arise. Examples where the asymmetric equilibrium is welfare-superior to the symmetric equilibrium are highlighted. By...

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