PA Chiappori - Journal of political Economy, 1992 - journals.uchicago.edu
The paper develops a general," collective" model of household labor supply in which agents are characterized by their own (possibly altruistic) preferences, and household decisions are …
TP Schultz - Handbook of agricultural economics, 2001 - Elsevier
Three themes are related to women's economic roles in the agricultural household. First the unified family as coordinator of production and consumption over a life cycle. Second the …
M Browning - Journal of Economic Literature, 1992 - JSTOR
As young men they work and when by their work they have got themselves decent clothing and something to pay the wedding costs, they marry, raise a first child, have much trouble in …
Feminism, Objectivity and Economics Page 1 Page 2 FEMINISM, OBJECTIVITY AND ECONOMICS Economics is gender-biased in its definition, methods and models. The emphasis …
AS Deaton, J Muellbauer - Journal of Political Economy, 1986 - journals.uchicago.edu
The theoretical basis for measuring child costs is discussed, and detailed consideration is given to two straightforward procedures for calculation, Engel's food share method and …
M Browning, C Meghir - Econometrica: Journal of the Econometric Society, 1991 - JSTOR
We examine the effects of male and female labor supply on household demands and present a simple and robust test for the separability of commodity demands from labor …
D Thomas - Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 1993 - JSTOR
Most economic models of the household assume that it may be treated as if all members share the same preferences or one member (a dictator) makes all resource allocation …
J Mullahy, J Sindelar - Journal of health economics, 1996 - Elsevier
The misuse of alcohol is estimated to result in enormous economic costs, composed largely of reduced labor market productivity. However, there has been debate on this issue. The …