Marching across Generations? Education Benefits and Intrahousehold Decision-Making

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 410-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin L. Castleman ◽  
Francis X. Murphy ◽  
William L. Skimmyhorn
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Education Benefits ◽  
Intrahousehold Decision Making

scholarly journals Intrahousehold Decision Making and Fertility

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Doepke ◽  
Fabian Kindermann
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Utility Function ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Important Determinant ◽  
Household Formation ◽  
Joint Decision ◽  
Considerable Heterogeneity ◽  
Unitary Model ◽  
Fertility Choices ◽  
Intrahousehold Decision Making

This chapter analyzes the implications of modeling fertility choices as outcomes of intrahousehold conflict and bargaining. It argues for a reformulation of fertility theories that are embedded in more realistic theories of household formation and joint decision making within the household. Empirical evidence suggests that disagreement regarding fertility choices is commonplace. In addition to a level difference in the desired fertility of women and men, there is evidence of considerable heterogeneity across households. The data on fertility preferences suggests at least the possibility that within-household disagreement on fertility is an important determinant of fertility outcomes. The chapter also shows how the vast majority of economic models of fertility have been based on a unitary model of the household, where the household is conceived as a single entity with a single utility function.

scholarly journals Ask me why: Patterns of intrahousehold decision-making

2020 ◽  
Vol 125 ◽  
pp. 104671 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanguy Bernard ◽  
Cheryl Doss ◽  
Melissa Hidrobo ◽  
Jessica Hoel ◽  
Caitlin Kieran
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Intrahousehold Decision Making
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