This paper analyzes the intra-household distribution of wealth and welfare in the United States, within a theoretical … framework based on a collective model of labor supply, where household decisions are Pareto efficient, and spouses negotiate a … wives tend to be more altruistic in comparison to their husbands regarding the intra-household allocation of income, which …

with household bargaining explanations. For couples with children, improved women’s household bargaining position is …

abortion. However, it seems relevant to evaluate its indirect effects on female bargaining power within the household, for all … abortion legalization in the United States on women's position in the household. My findings suggest that the legalization …

Models of the agricultural household have traditionally relied on assumptions regarding the complementarity or … pattern of labor supply adjustments across household members and productive activities following acute sickness. In particular …, we find that sick and healthy household members both shift labor away from self-employment and into farming when the sick …

I estimate how intra-household bargaining affects gay and lesbian couples’ labor supplies, investigating their … similarity to heterosexual decision-making, in a collective household framework. Data from the 2000 US Census show that couples … instead, or the richer. No effects are found for same-sex roommates. -- Household Decision Making ; Same-Sex Couples ; Labor …

. At the same time, the U.S. labor wedge, measured as the discrepancy between a representative household's marginal rate of … measured from a representative household model partly reflects inaccurate household aggregation. …

households over time. To investigate this hypothesis, we incorporate heterogeneous agents into a household model of labor supply …

households over time. To investigate this hypothesis, we incorporate heterogeneous agents into a household model of labor supply …

household work. These gender inequalities are accompanied by weaker political participation among women. While the historical …

This article analyzes the extent to which changes in household composition over the life course affect the gender …