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Resource Sharing in Households with Children: A Generalized Model and Empirical Evidence from the UK

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  • Olivier Bargain

    (BSE - Bordeaux Sciences Economiques - UB - Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Olivier Donni
  • Imen Hentati

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We suggest a generalized collective model of consumption that extends Browning, Chiappori, Lewbel (2013) to couples with children. Economies of scale are defined using a general form of Barten scales. We identify resource sharing between household members and, originally, the contribution of each parent to the expenditure on children. We provide a tractable estimation approach based on a simple demand system for male and female clothing, i.e. two exclusive goods commonly available in standard surveys. We illustrate the method on thirty years of expenditure data for the UK. We relax the independence of the sharing rule on total expenditure and actually find that women's shares increase with living standards. This, and progress in education levels, explain most of the reduction in intrahousehold inequality over the period.

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  • Olivier Bargain & Olivier Donni & Imen Hentati, 2022. "Resource Sharing in Households with Children: A Generalized Model and Empirical Evidence from the UK," Post-Print hal-03770108, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03770108
    DOI: 10.1093/jeea/jvac033
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    1. Shirleen Manzur & Krishna Pendakur, 2023. "Labeling vs Targeting: How did the Canada Child Benefit affect household bargaining and preferences?," Discussion Papers dp23-01, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University.
    2. Olivier Bargain, 2022. "Income Sources, Intra-Household Allocation And Individual Poverty," Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Working Paper Series 121, Tulane University, Department of Economics.

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