The More Kids, the Less Mom's Divvy: Impact of Childbirth on Intrahousehold Resource Allocation

• Main Authors: FUJII, Tomoki, ISHIKAWA, Ryuichiro
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
• Subjects: Childbirth; bargaining; household allocation; relative risk aversion; Japan; Asian Studies; Behavioral Economics
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1123; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/2122/viewcontent/themorekids.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We investigate how the impact of childbirth on intrahousehold allocation for married Japanese couples. We developed reduced‐form and structural‐form specifications from a unified theoretical framework. Under a weak set of assumptions, we can focus on private goods to track the changes in intrahouseh...