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Bargaining over Time Allocation : Economic Modeling and Econometric Investigation of Time Use within Families /

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In this book, time use behavior within households is modeled as the outcome of a bargaining process between family members who bargain over household resource allocation and the intrafamily distribution of welfare. In view of trends such as rising female employment along with falling fertility rates...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beblo, Miriam
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD : Imprint : Physica, 2001.
Series:Contributions to economics.
Subjects:
Economics.
Econometrics.
Population.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Theories on intrafamily time allocation
  • Empirical evidence on intrafamily time allocation
  • The strategic aspect of female labor supply
  • A panel-econometric analysis of the division of housework time
  • Leisure
  • A model on private provision of family public goods
  • The leisure gap between working parents
  • Resume.