This chapter reviews applied research on household collective labor supply, to show some
empirical results in developed countries. The collective model of household labor supply is …

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 …

Almost half of missing women in India are of postreproductive ages. Can intrahousehold
gender inequality and asymmetry in poverty explain a portion of these missing women …

This chapter surveys recent literature on the drivers of mothers' labor supply in OECD
countries. A number of facts on the variations across time and across countries of family …

Partnered men and women show consistently gendered patterns of labor market behavior.
We test whether not only a person's own gender, but also their partner's gender shapes …

We study the relationship between dowries–wealth transfers from the bride's family to the
groom or his family at the time of marriage–and individual-level poverty in rural India. Based …

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

Marriage rates have become increasingly stratified by homeownership. We investigate this
in a household model where investments in public goods reduce future earnings and, thus …

Abstract Using the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) data, we examine the relationship
between family decision-making power and women's marital satisfaction. Interestingly, this …

Social norms can have a persistent influence on outcomes. Since the end of World War II,
men have been the primary breadwinner in most households in the developed world, and …