Significant recent changes in the structure and composition of households make the study of the economic relationships within the household of particular interest for academics and policy-makers. In this context, 'Household Economic Behaviors', through its focus on theoretical and empirical chapters on a rangeof economic behaviors within the household, provides a new and timely viewpoint. Following the Introduction and one or two surveys which give a general background, the volume includes theoretical and empirical perspectives on allocation of available time within the household, monetary and non-monetary transfers between household members, and intra-household bargaining. Presents a new intra-household perspective focused on theoretical considerations and empirical data covers a broad range of intra-household behaviors contributions are designed to be accessible and have global reach uses rigorous economic methodologies INDICE: Introduction.-Non-unitary Models of Household Behaviour: a Survey of the Literature.-Independent Individual Decision-makers in Household Models and the New Home Economics.-Household Time Use, Inequality and Taxation.-Revealed Preference Tests for Collective Household Behavior.-Collective Labour Supply of Native Dutch and Immigrant Households in the Netherlands.-The Effects ofMarriage on Couples’ Allocation of Time: Some between Market and Non-market Hours.-Dads Matter? Or Is It Just their Money that Matters? Unpicking the Effects of Separation on Educational Outcomes.-Measuring the Transmission of Economic Shocks among the Household Members of the Same Extended Family
- ISBN: 978-1-4419-9430-1
- Editorial: Springer New York
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 260
- Fecha Publicación: 29/06/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés