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Gender differences in education in a dynamic household bargaining model

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Cristina Echevarria
Antonio Merlo

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We interpret observed gender differences in education as the equilibrium outcome of a two-sex overlapping generations model where men and women of each generation bargain over consumption, number of children, and investment in education of their children conditional on gender. This model represents a new framework for the analysis of the process of intrahousehold decision making in an intergenerational setting.

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Paper provided by Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis in its series Staff Report with number 195.

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