A distribution factor generates exogenous variation in household members’ bargaining weights, and therefore, it helps identify a collective model. We derive testable hypotheses of the exogeneity of a single distribution factor in a general collective model. Next, we test whether the local sex...

Using data from Australia during the commodity cycle 2001 to 2015 as a quasi-natural experiment, we explore a mutual relationship between employer-sponsored (permanent) and points-based immigration. We find that the commodity boom triggered significant wage growth in commodity-rich states,...

Identifying a collective model requires a distribution factor that generates exogenous variation in bargaining weights between family members. We propose a method to test the exogeneity of a distribution factor. In derivation, we assume a general dynamic collective model which allows for...

This paper evaluates the impact of the 2006 European Union antidumping action on Vietnamese footwear in three markets: imports to the EU, footwear producers in Vietnam, and the trade diversionary adjustment of Vietnamese firms in the U.S. market. We find that the AD action reduced Vietnamese...