This paper analyzes the intrahousehold bargaining power of spouses in Spanish families, in
a collective framework. We estimate household labor supply equations and, under certain …

Household collective models celebrate their thirtieth birthday. The collective approach
constitutes, perhaps, the microeconomics topic that has produced the largest number of …

Abstract Using the 2002–2003 and 2009–2010 Spanish Time Use Surveys, this paper
analyzes whether increases in nonworking time help dual-earner couples to reduce gender …

We analyze cooperation of individuals in a family context, using a Public Good game. In a
lab experiment, 165 individuals from 55 three-generation families (youth, parent, and …

This paper examines the tax returns of French cohabiting couples with children. These
couples form two separate tax units and must optimally assign their children to the tax unit of …

To investigate the role of gender norms in household specialisation choices, I conduct a lab
experiment with real hetero-sexual couples playing a battle of the sexes game. The salience …

Generations of social scientists have explored whether males and females act differently in
domains involving competition, risk taking, cooperation, altruism, honesty, as well as many …

There are many situations in which one partner must make decisions on behalf of the
couple. In such cases, incomplete knowledge about the partner's likes and desires might …

This paper investigates experimentally how changes in wage rates and entitlements affect
individual productivity in lab-in-the-field experiments run with married couples from rural …

The COVID pandemic, which forced children to attend school remotely, compelled many
couples to choose one partner to stay home to care for the children. The available evidence …