We propose a method to set identify bounds on the sharing rule for a general collective
household consumption model. Unlike the effects of distribution factors, the level of the …

Anti-poverty policies often aim to reach poor individuals by targeting poor households.
However, intra-household inequality may mean some poor individuals reside in non-poor …

In large families, individuals must share resources with many others but may benefit from
economies of scale. This paper studies individual consumption in different types of …

I use a structural model of households to recover how much resources each individual
controls in the context of the Mexican PROGRESA program. I find that the eligibility to …

Poverty measures often ignore the distribution of resources within families and the gains
from joint consumption. In this paper, we estimate the allocation process and adult …

Anti-poverty policies often assume that targeting poor households is effective in reaching
poor individuals. However, intra-household inequality may mean many poor individuals …

We develop a novel framework to analyze the structural implications of the marriage market
for household consumption. We define a revealed preference characterization of efficient …

Recent advances in the collective model literature suggest ways to estimate the complete
allocation of resources within households, using assignable goods and assuming adult …

Collective household models posit that each household member has access to a fraction of
the household budget, called a resource share, which defines the shadow budget faced by a …

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