We develop a novel framework to analyze the structural implications of the marriage market for household consumption …. We define a revealed preference characterization of efficient household consumption when the marriage is stable … characterization generates testable conditions even with a single consumption observation per household and heterogeneous individual …

difference arises because of differences in access to family support networks: cohabitees' household income falls by less because …

volatility and have no access to credit markets. If a daughter marries, the household obtains a bride price and has fewer members …

This paper studies the differential effect of targeting cash transfers to men or women on the structure of household … municipalities to be either the household head or the mother. Using data collected to evaluate the conditional cash transfer program …