Consumption inequality and intra-household allocations

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 328-355

  Lise, Jeremy ^a   Seitz, Shannon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult equivalence scales; Collective model; Consumption inequality; Marital sorting

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; WORKING CONDITIONS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79953323291     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdq003     Document Type: Article

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