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 …

Tax by Design identifies what makes a good tax system for an open developed economy in
the 21st century and suggests how the UK tax system could be reformed to move in that …

I survey the male and female labor supply literatures, focusing on implications for effects of
wages and taxes. For males, I describe and contrast results from three basic types of model …

Experiments with family groups are rare, but since many decisions are taken at the
household level or occur within the household it is an important area to investigate. This …

Comparing the 1935 and 1975 US birth cohorts, wages of married women grew twice as fast
as for married men, and the wage gap between married and single women turned from …

We use experimental data from variants of public good games to test for household
efficiency among married couples in rural Uganda. Spouses frequently do not maximise …

A common feature of many intra-household models is the assumption of efficiency. This
paper uses an experimental design to directly test this. Data from 1,200 married couples in …

We consider, both theoretically and empirically, the allocation of time and money within the
household. The research question is whether a married person who enjoys more leisure …

The literature suggests that in Italy husbands contribute less to unpaid household work than
in any other European country, while women have the lowest market employment rates …

What does it mean to have good work–life balance? Public debate has grown around the
importance of work–life balance in contributing to quality of life, yet the debate remains quite …