Families as roommates: Changes in U.S. household size from 1850 to 2000

Quantitative Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 133-175

  Salcedo, Alejandrina ^a   Schoellman, Todd ^b   Tertilt, Michèle ^c  

^a Banco de México ^*  (Mexico)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economies of scale; Fertility decline; Household public goods; Household size; Living arrangements; Roommates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883544721     PISSN: 17597323     EISSN: 17597331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/QE76     Document Type: Article

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