[eng] Is There a Division of Labour in the Extended Family? . by Guy Lacroix, Michel Picot and Catherine Sofer.. . Labour supply analysis has shown the need to shift from the individual to the household, and then from the unitary household to the household as a place of strategic interactions....

In this paper we present a simple model of labour supply that is cast within the framework of an extended family. The model emphasizes a Ricardian division of labour whereby the specialization is solely driven by marginal productivity and value of time differentials. The empirical implications...

Over the last thirty years, economic models of the family have been developed to recognize that potentially conflicting interests may shape family decisions and the sharing of resources within families. This paper provides an overview of how decision-making within households has been modelled...

Most household models assume that decisions taken inside the family are Pareto optimal. However, empirical studies cast doubts upon the efficiency assumption. The sharing of time among men and women between market work and household work is highly differentiated by gender. In this paper we...

The paper applies the collective model to the analysis of intra-household inequality using self-reported income scales and provides a test for its assumptions. We assume a correspondence between the income level that household members report and their true income sharing. Using Russian data, we...

[fre] Une confrontation de trois modèles de mariage à partir de l'analyse des transferts ordonnés lors du divorce, . par Catherine Sofer, Michel Sollogoub.. . Quels sont les déterminants du montant des transferts ordonnés par les juges au moment où les couples divorcent ? La relation qui...

[fre] La répartition des emplois par sexe: capital humain ou discrimination? . par Catherine Sofer.. . Cet article étudie l'impact de la répartition des emplois par sexe sur le différentiel moyen de salaire hommes/femmes. Les principales explications théoriques de cette situation sont, pour...