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 … market hours and time spent in household production, we estimate the marginal distribution of male and female characteristics …

the collective approach for household behaviour and the discrete hours choice framework with fixed costs of work. We …

the collective approach for household behaviour and the discrete hours choice framework with fixed costs of work. We …

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 …

In this paper, we investigate the link between intra-household resource allocation and familial ties between household …" familial ties (e.g. a nuclear family household) achieve near Pareto efficient allocation of productive resources and Pareto … efficient allocation of consumption while households with "weaker" familial ties (e.g. an extended family household) do not. We …

wage differences, variation in prices of bought-in inputs into household production in the form of child care, and domestic … productivity differences as determinants of across-household heterogeneity in second earner labour supply. The analysis highlights … specification of household time use widens the set of cases in which individual taxation is welfare-superior to joint taxation …

production inefficiencies relate to consumption decisions and information sharing within the household. In a lab …-in-the-field experiment, male producers allocate too few inputs to their wife's plot, failing to maximize household aggregate profits. They do … further leads to sharp predictions. Joint contribution to a household public good compels spouses to make efficient production …

Managing financial matters is an important household task that is often left up to one partner. These decisions tend to … are more likely to be responsible regardless of gender. Households with low measured financial literacy and low household …

and share wealth. I show that, despite having standard exponential time preferences, the household is time … overconsumption by providing a way for members to lock-up wealth from each other. The household remains time-inconsistent, even when … it is possible for members to save separately, whenever intra-household relative-wealth shocks create the possibility …