Add to ORKGThis review explores the theory of household technology and the associated possibilities for distributing utility among household members. It also explores decision theory within the household, drawing on standard consumer decision theory. The review discusses models of equilbrium in which families are formed by persons voluntarily choosing mates. This theory is analogous to ``Tiebout theory'' in urban economics, where the objects of choice include not only the amount of public goods supplied in each city, but also which individuals live in each place. An aspect of family life that has fewer parallels in the economics of market economies is intrafamilial affection. The final section of this paper reviews a growing theoretical literature ...
This paper discusses various models and theories in the family decision-making process concerning co...
The originality of this paper is the use of the pre-test data of the project "Panel Analysis of...
In the theory of microeconomics, in discussions related to consumer behavior, it is usually assumed ...
To a labor economist or an industrial organization economist, a family looks like "a little fac...
The aim of this paper is to review the principal assumptions and aspects of the unitary household mo...
The paper provides an overview of the various strands of research within the Economics of the Family...
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Over the last thirty years, economic models have been developed that recognize that potentially conf...
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International audienceOver the last thirty years, economic models of the family have been developed ...
Household decisions are one of the key elements impacting many dimensions of any economy. In this pa...
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The household is the basic economic unit and the nucleus of social relations in both developed and d...
This paper discusses various models and theories in the family decision-making process concerning co...
The originality of this paper is the use of the pre-test data of the project "Panel Analysis of...
In the theory of microeconomics, in discussions related to consumer behavior, it is usually assumed ...
To a labor economist or an industrial organization economist, a family looks like "a little fac...
The aim of this paper is to review the principal assumptions and aspects of the unitary household mo...
The paper provides an overview of the various strands of research within the Economics of the Family...
International audienceOver the last thirty years, economic models have been developed that recognize...
This paper attempts at providing a survey of the different models of individual decision making with...
Over the last thirty years, economic models have been developed that recognize that potentially conf...
There is still a long way to achieve the goal of providing a theoretical and empirical framework to ...
International audienceOver the last thirty years, economic models of the family have been developed ...
Household decisions are one of the key elements impacting many dimensions of any economy. In this pa...
This paper is an advertisement for some facts and ideas that I think likely to lead to a richer t...
This paper explores the relationship between theories of welfare economics and our understanding of ...
The household is the basic economic unit and the nucleus of social relations in both developed and d...
This paper discusses various models and theories in the family decision-making process concerning co...
The originality of this paper is the use of the pre-test data of the project "Panel Analysis of...
In the theory of microeconomics, in discussions related to consumer behavior, it is usually assumed ...