And the winner is... An empirical evaluation of unitary and collective labour supply models

Empirical Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 711-734

  Vermeulen, Frederic ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collective household models; House hold bargaining; Intrahouse hold allocation; Labour supply

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LABOR SUPPLY; MODEL; WAGE;

EID: 25844495772     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-005-0258-4     Document Type: Article

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