how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. We … show that – as long as the wife is involved in household decision-making – the intra-household differences in perceptions …. The estimated effects are consistent with the predictions of a model of intra-household decision-making. …

how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. We … show that — as long as the wife is involved in household decision-making — the intra-household differences in perceptions … perceptions. The estimated effects are consistent with the predictions of a model of intra-household decision-making. …

When a husband migrates, his wife may control more household resources and therefore change how the household spends …

marriage. Simultaneity problems common to the literature are overcome by using dowry to proxy for bargaining position. Omitted … variable bias is addressed by using grain shocks in the year preceding marriage and sibling sex composition as instruments for … dowry. Instrumented dowry positively impacts several measures of a wife's welfare, including time allocation, household …

decision-model with a household public good to show that the secondary earner might veto against tax planning if the … realization of tax savings increases intra-household income inequality. The empirical analysis exploits a specific feature of the …

This paper considers the association between intra-household resource allocation and couple financial hardships in … Australia. It develops and estimates a collective household model of expenditures on individual-specific necessities and … hardship reporting where each partner has a distinct utility function and household decisions are assumed to be Pareto …

This paper considers the association between intra-household resource allocation and couple financial hardships in … Australia. It develops and estimates a collective household model of expenditures on individual-specific necessities and … hardship reporting where each partner has a distinct utility function and household decisions are assumed to be Pareto …

This paper investigates the relationship between the probability of divorce and marriage specific investments. As these … investments in terms of childcare and household activities are likely to increase the marital surplus, they are consequently … relationship between divorce and marital investments is offered in terms of increasing intra-household time consumption …

Eligibility and benefits for anti-poverty income transfers in the U.S. are based on both the means and the household … arrangement, and marital status. We find that the U.S. anti-poverty policy distorts the cohabitation/marriage decision of single … earners-as proposed in the 21st Century Worker Tax Cut Act-would increase the employment rate of the spouses of workers …