This chapter considers nonunitary models of household behavior. These models suppose
explicitly that households consist of a number of different members with preferences that are …

We discuss the most popular static and dynamic models of household behavior. Our main
objective is to explain which aspects of household decisions different models can account …

This article considers non-unitary models of household behavior. These models suppose
explicitly that households consist of a number of different members with preferences that are …

Studies of inequality often ignore resource allocation within the household. In doing so they
miss an important element of the distribution of welfare that can vary dramatically depending …

We study competitive market outcomes in economies where agents have other-regarding
preferences (ORPs). We identify a separability condition on monotone preferences that is …

Monetary poverty measures as well as most existing multidimensional poverty indices (MPI)
assume equal distribution within the household and thus are likely to yield a biased …

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

This paper studies spouses' intrahousehold decision-making, using unique information from
the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions special module on …

Résumé Cet article s' intéresse aux modèles non unitaires de comportement du ménage.
Ces modèles supposent explicitement que le ménage est composé de plusieurs personnes …

When politicians are short-term oriented or future elections do not sufficiently reflect the
success of past policies, democratic elections cannot motivate politicians to undertake long …