How Does Childbirth Alter Intrahousehold Resource Allocation?: Evidence from Japan

• Main Authors: FUJII, Tomoki, ISHIKAWA, Ryuichiro
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• 主題: Childbirth; bargaining; household allocation; relative risk aversion; Japan; Asian Studies; Behavioral Economics
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1436; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/2435/viewcontent/Fujii_2013_ChildbirthAlterHouseholdResAllocation.pdf

Exploiting unique panel data that include direct measurements of resource allocation within households, we investigated the impact of childbirth on intrahousehold allocation for married Japanese couples. Based on a collective model of the household, we developed reduced-form and structural-form esti...