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In this paper we consider an empirical collective household model of time allocation for two-earner households. The novelty of this paper is that we estimate a version of the collective household model, where the internally produced goods and externally purchased goods are assumed to be public....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012768343
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012986769
In this paper we consider an empirical collective household model of time allocation for two-earner households. The novelty of this paper is that we estimate a version of the collective household model, where the internally produced goods and the externally purchased goods are assumed to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316615
We present identification and estimation results for the "collective" model of labour supply in which there are discrete choices, censoring of hours and nonparticipation in employment. We derive the collective restrictions on labour supply functions and contrast them with restrictions implied by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318228
We hypothesize that an individual's time use choices are contingent on the time use choices of others because the utility derived from leisure time often benefits from the presence of companionable others inside and outside the household. We develop a model of time use, and demonstrate that its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319805
In this paper we consider an empirical collective household model of time allocation for two-earner households. The novelty of this paper is that we estimate a version of the collective household model, where the internally produced goods and the externally purchased goods are assumed to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325183
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We hypothesize that an individual's time use choices are contingent on the time use choices of others because the utility derived from leisure time often benefits from the presence of companionable others inside and outside the household. We develop a model of time use, and demonstrate that its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011438897
The high cost of medical care and its association with poverty have given rise to a growing concern for developing … countries, but how insurance plans affect household income and alleviate poverty has been rarely discussed. This study aims to … bridge this research gap by examining a medical insurance reform in China, a major program of the targeted poverty …
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This paper analyses the effectiveness of tax-benefit systems in reducing poverty and inequality across 13 countries in … to poverty and inequality. Additionally, we assess gender disparities in outcomes, quantify the distributional effects of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014534792