the household is an important factor that should be considered when analyzing household decisions. …

This paper is a survey of the literature on theoretical models of the household, paying particular attention to some of … household's preference ordering over the utility profiles of its members depends on exogenous variables, in particular wage … approach to modelling household decision taking, flexible enough to encompass non-cooperative behaviour and Pareto …

Household collective models celebrate their thirtieth birthday. The collective approach constitutes, perhaps, the … to some excellent surveys of household collective models (Strauss et al., 2000; Vermeulen, 2002; Donni and Chiappori … papers, the collective framework has been used to provide theoretical results for a number of household issues; for example …

-member households participating in labor and product markets. The most striking effects occur when household members differ in … ?workaholic" member becomes more influential in each working class household can render the working class worse off. A binding …

The family investment hypothesis predicts that credit-constrained immigrant families adopt a household strategy for …

both men and women and household after-tax incomes to increase by approximately $60 per week on average. For families with …

prices of household services, which are relevant for fertility and employment decisions. This paper analyses the effect of … immigration on labour supply and fertility of native women in the UK, with a focus on the role of immigration on household …