Testing preference stability between couples and singles

James Brugler

Economics Letters, 2016, vol. 142, issue C, 15-17

Abstract: Identification of some collective models of consumer demands requires that preferences of singles are representative of preferences of couples. I test whether dependence between selection into marriage and consumption preferences invalidates this assumption. The data reject the preference stability assumption.

Keywords: Consumer demand systems; Collective model; Household economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.02.026

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