Why do families actually pool their income? Evidence from Denmark

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-128

  Bonke, Jens ^a   Uldall Poulsen, Hans ^b  

^a VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b Confederation of Danish Industries ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Household production and intra household allocation; Methodology for collecting, estimating, and organizing microeconomic data; Personal income, wealth and their distributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249071679     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-007-9010-5     Document Type: Article

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