This paper is intended to bridge the theoretical literature describing efficient intra-household behaviour and the … development literature that collects empirical regularities pointing toward the existence of strategic decision-making among … spouses. It examines the key elements of the collective model and discusses its relevance to analysing intra-household …

population in the household then examine the determinants of the decision to supply labour. The fraction of home … model of decision making. We formalise explicitly the need for childcare as a function of the age structure of the children …-produced childcare to household childcare needs is considered to be a public good within the household, for which preferences are …

This paper studies within-family decision making regarding investment in income protection for surviving spouses. A … change in US pension law (the Retirement Equity Act of 1984) is used as an instrument to derive predictions both from a … simple Nash-bargaining model of the household and from the classical single-utility-function model of the household. This law …

This paper studies within-family decision making regarding investment in income protection for surviving spouses. A … change in US pension law (the Retirement Equity Act of 1984) is used as an instrument to derive predictions both from a … simple Nash-bargaining model of the household and from the classical single-utility-function model of the household. This law …

This paper studies within-family decision making regarding investment in income protection for surviving spouses. A … change in US pension law (the Retirement Equity Act of 1984) is used as an instrument to derive predictions both from a … simple Nash-bargaining model of the household and from the classical single-utility-function model of the household. This law …