transitions between the states of nonparticipation, unemployed search, and employment. Motivated by a model of household search … analysis, and household specific unobserved heterogeneity is accounted for. Results show that female transitions into … that households with a participating wife are better able to deal with unemployment of the husband. A supplementary …

firms, 3) partly offset by unemployment benefits, and 4) amplified by concurrent drops in partners’ earnings. On net …, household income falls by about $0.80 for each $1 lost in own earnings. …

when one partner loses their job. According to economic theory there may be an 'Added Worker Effect' where, when one … findings from each methodological strand of the research can contribute to a better understanding of the dynamics of household …

of job losses, suggesting that unemployment typically comes as a surprise. …

of job losses, suggesting that unemployment typically comes as a surprise. …

economic conditions at the time of hiring on future wages. Measured by the labor's user cost, the price of labor is …

Household collective models celebrate their thirtieth birthday. The collective approach constitutes, perhaps, the … to some excellent surveys of household collective models (Strauss et al., 2000; Vermeulen, 2002; Donni and Chiappori … papers, the collective framework has been used to provide theoretical results for a number of household issues; for example …

decisions of adult daughters who have a frail elderly parent in a broader framework of intergenerational household formation …. Parent and child agree to a Nash bargaining rule as the solution to the household formation and intra-household decision …

. However, while the household s total consumption is publicly observable, the consumption levels of the individual spouses are …