smoothing household consumption in environments characterized by income volatility. We use comparable individual data on about 1 …

household chores. While the general results are maintained in households with a married couple present, in de jure female … simultaneously increasing boys' labour input in household chores. This puts into question the existence of gender preferences in …

This paper explores the determinants of female land rights and their impact on household income levels among owner …-operated farms in Brazil, Paraguay and Peru. Previous studies in Latin America suggest that the gender of the household head is not a … significant predictor of household income, not unsurprising given the ambiguities with which self-declared headship is associated …

within the household, as measured by the female share of total household income, and women's involvement in housework. We … find that households in which the woman contributes more to the total household income are more likely to share housework … between the female share of household income and female involvement in housework is not observed among more traditional …

Using a panel of household level tax data, we estimate the degree to which dependents are "reassigned" between tax … combined tax liabilities on average, suggesting some household level coordination. Additionally, when EITC benefits expanded in … subgroup reassigning towards three child tax units actually increased total household tax liabilities, suggesting that some …

This paper analyses the association between household characteristics' in particular size and location, and for the … household head age, sector of employment (and the tariff applicable to that sector) and education - and household income using … data from the Tanzania Household Budget Survey for the years 1991/92, 2000/01 and 2007. The static analysis of the …

This paper applies the German Socio-Economic Panel to analyse the effect of within household in-come comparison on …. The paper adds to within household interdepen-dence of subjective well-being and indicates negative consequences of couple …