The Intra-household Allocation of Time and Tasks
The Intra-household Allocation of Time and Tasks

Author: Nadeem Ilahi

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13:

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Empirical evidence indicates that there are signifigant gender differences in intra-household time allocation in developing countries. Time and task allocation, by gender, is responsive to economic incentives, idiosyncratic shocks, agricultural commercialization, and access to basic services, including childcare. The existence and functioning of markets also affect intra-household time allocation in fundamental ways.

Intra-Household Allocation of Time to Household Production Activities
Intra-Household Allocation of Time to Household Production Activities

Author: Sven-Olov Daunfeldt

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

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The purpose of this paper is to study the intra-household allocation of time to different household production activities using Swedish cross-sectional household data. The Tobit model is rejected in favor of the Cragg model, suggesting that an empirical model has to take into consideration that allocation of time within the household is determined by two separate processes. Moreover, the results indicate that valuable information concerning the intra-household allocation of time may be missing when household production is defined as the sum of different household activities, but there is no indication that statistically significant effects are wiped out in an aggregated analysis.

Economics of the Family
Economics of the Family

Author: Martin Browning

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-06-05

Total Pages: 511

ISBN-13: 1107728924

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The family is a complex decision unit in which partners with potentially different objectives make consumption, work and fertility decisions. Couples marry and divorce partly based on their ability to coordinate these activities, which in turn depends on how well they are matched. This book provides a comprehensive, modern and self-contained account of the research in the growing area of family economics. The first half of the book develops several alternative models of family decision making. Particular attention is paid to the collective model and its testable implications. The second half discusses household formation and dissolution and who marries whom. Matching models with and without frictions are analyzed and the important role of within-family transfers is explained. The implications for marriage, divorce and fertility are discussed. The book is intended for graduate students in economics and for researchers in other fields interested in the economic approach to the family.