Review of Economics of the Household

2003 - 2025

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Volume 16, issue 4, 2018

Decomposing culture: an analysis of gender, language, and labor supply in the household pp. 879-909

Victor Gay, Daniel Hicks, Estefania Santacreu-Vasut and Amir Shoham

Intergenerational mobility of housework time in the United Kingdom pp. 911-937

J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina and Yu Zhu

Women’s employment and the decline of home cooking: Evidence from France, 1985–2010 pp. 939-970

Fabrice Etilé and Marie Plessz

No free lunch, buddy: past housing transfers and informal care later in life pp. 971-1001

Emanuele Ciani and Claudio Deiana

Does the positive relationship between health and marriage reflect protection or selection? Evidence from middle-aged and elderly Japanese pp. 1003-1016

Rong Fu and Haruko Noguchi

Health and health behaviors during the great recession: a note on drinking, smoking, obesity, and physical activity pp. 1017-1026

Erdal Tekin, Chandler McClellan and Karen Jean Minyard

Risk preferences and child investments: evidence from Mexico pp. 1027-1047

Veronica Sovero

Marriage and the economic status of women with children pp. 1049-1061

Briggs Depew and Joseph Price

Parental duties, labor market behavior, and single fatherhood in America pp. 1063-1083

Aaron Albert

Self-insurance and consumption risk-sharing between birth-year cohorts in Turkey pp. 1085-1118

Evren Ceritoğlu

Emerging wealth disparities after the storm: Evidence from Spain pp. 1119-1149

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Cristina Borra

Precautionary saving in Spain during the great recession: evidence from a panel of uncertainty indicators pp. 1151-1179

Alba Lugilde, Roberto Bande and Dolores Riveiro

Volume 16, issue 3, 2018

Do native-born bilinguals in the US earn more? pp. 563-583

Barry Chiswick and Paul Miller

Source country culture and labor market assimilation of immigrant women in Sweden: evidence from longitudinal data pp. 585-627

Emma Neuman

The effect on teenage childbearing on social capital development: new evidence on civic engagement pp. 629-659

Joseph J. Sabia, Joseph P. Price, H. Elizabeth Peters and Reginald Covington

Foster care and the earned income tax credit pp. 661-680

Amelia M. Biehl and Brian Hill

The impact of female education on fertility: a natural experiment from Egypt pp. 681-712

Fatma Romeh M. Ali and Shiferaw Gurmu

Do childbirth grants increase the fertility rate? Policy impacts in South Korea pp. 713-735

Yeon Jeong Son

Is consumption efficiency within households falsifiable? pp. 737-766

Anyck Dauphin, Bernard Fortin and Guy Lacroix

Married women’s added worker effect during the 2008 economic crisis—The case of Turkey pp. 767-790

Sinem Ayhan

The EITC and the labor supply of adult dependents: direct effects and family income effects pp. 791-807

Margaret McKeehan

Family ties: Labor supply responses to cope with a household employment shock pp. 809-832

Massimo Baldini, Costanza Torricelli and Maria Cesira Urzì Brancati

Divorce and the duality of marital payoff pp. 833-858

Pierre–André Chiappori, Natalia Radchenko and Bernard Salanié

Financial literacy and anxiety about life in old age: evidence from the USA pp. 859-878

Yoshihiko Kadoya, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Tomomi Hamada and Alvaro Domínguez

Volume 16, issue 2, 2018

Equivalence scales for extended income in the U.S pp. 189-227

Nancy Folbre, Marta Murray-Close and Jooyeoun Suh

Same-sex marriage laws and demand for mortgage credit pp. 229-254

Joshua J. Miller and Kevin A. Park

Food insecurity and housing instability in vulnerable families pp. 255-273

Christian King

Adult happiness and prior traumatic victimization in and out of the household pp. 275-295

Timothy Diette, Arthur H. Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton and William Darity

Do young adults substitute cigarettes for alcohol? Learning from the master settlement agreement pp. 297-321

Vinish Shrestha

The power of the family: kinship and intra-household decision making in rural Burundi pp. 323-346

Rama Lionel Ngenzebuke, Bram De Rock and Philip Verwimp

Happily ever after? Intrahousehold bargaining and the distribution of utility within marriage pp. 347-376

Dirk Bethmann and Robert Rudolf

The earned income tax credit and union formation: The impact of expected spouse earnings pp. 377-406

Katherine Michelmore

Does mother know best? Parental discrepancies in assessing child behavioral and educational outcomes pp. 407-425

Nabanita Datta Gupta, Mette Lausten and Dario Pozzoli

Child support wage withholding and father–child contact: parental bargaining and salience effects pp. 427-452

Samara Gunter

Parental child care during and outside of typical work hours pp. 453-476

Alice Schoonbroodt

The role of grandparenting in early childcare and child outcomes pp. 477-512

Daniela Del Boca, Daniela Piazzalunga and Chiara Pronzato

The labor supply of military wives in the US pp. 513-539

Breann Whitby and Janice Compton

The effects of separate taxation on labor participation of married couples. An empirical analysis using propensity score pp. 541-561

Amadeo Fuenmayor, Rafael Granell and Mauro Mediavilla

Volume 16, issue 1, 2018

Introduction to the special issue in honor of Nobel Laureate Angus Deaton: “consumption, poverty and inequality in the household” pp. 1-3

Climent Quintana-Domeque

Returns to scale in food preparation and the Deaton–Paxson puzzle pp. 5-19

Thomas Crossley and Yuqian Lu

Economies of scale, bulk discounts, and liquidity constraints: comparing unit value and transaction level evidence in a poor country pp. 21-39

John Gibson and Bonggeun Kim

Program participation in a targeted land distribution program and household outcomes: evidence from Vietnam pp. 41-74

Dwayne Benjamin, Loren Brandt, Brian McCaig and Nguyen Hoa

Life satisfaction in China and consumption and income inequalities pp. 75-95

Xiaoyan Lei, Yan Shen, James Smith and Guangsu Zhou

Polygamy and child mortality: Historical and modern evidence from Nigeria’s Igbo pp. 97-141

Vellore Arthi and James Fenske

Collective consumption: an application to the passive drinking effect pp. 143-169

Martina Menon, Federico Perali and Luca Piccoli

Randomized household labor supply pp. 171-188

Pierre André Chiappori

Volume 15, issue 4, 2017

Prostitution, hours, job amenities and education pp. 1055-1080

Scott Cunningham and Todd D. Kendall

Say at home, or stay at home? Policy implications on female labor supply and empowerment pp. 1081-1103

Vidya Atal

Immigrant–native gap in poverty: a cross-national European perspective pp. 1105-1136

Elena Barcena-Martin and Salvador Pérez-Moreno

Number of siblings and educational choices of immigrant children: evidence from first- and second-generation immigrants pp. 1137-1158

Dominique Meurs, Patrick Puhani and Friederike Von Haaren-Giebel

Is the ACA bringing the family back together (for tax purposes)? Investigating the dependent coverage mandate effect on dependent tax exemptions pp. 1159-1176

Dan M. Shane and David Zimmer

The effects of increases in cigarette prices on cigarette consumption among smokers after the Master Settlement Agreement pp. 1177-1190

Zhen Ma

Drinking behavior during the Icelandic economic boom, crisis, and recovery pp. 1191-1213

Tinna Laufey Asgeirsdottir, Asgerður Th. Bjornsdottir and Thorhildur Ólafsdóttir

Health capital investment and time spent on health-related activities pp. 1215-1248

Juan Du and Takeshi Yagihashi

A note on Chinese couples’ time synchronization pp. 1249-1262

Liangshu Qi, Haojie Li and Lan Liu

Intra-household bargaining over household technology adoption pp. 1263-1290

Sandeep Mohapatra and Leo Simon

Gambling to leapfrog in status? pp. 1291-1319

Tim Friehe and Mario Mechtel

Erratum to: Gambling to leapfrog in status? pp. 1321-1322

Tim Friehe and Mario Mechtel

Gender composition of college graduates by field of study and early fertility pp. 1323-1343

Alena Bičáková and Stepan Jurajda

Income and child maltreatment in unmarried families: evidence from the earned income tax credit pp. 1345-1372

Lawrence M. Berger, Sarah A. Font, Kristen S. Slack and Jane Waldfogel

The asymmetric housing wealth effect on childbirth pp. 1373-1397

Shinichiro Iwata and Michio Naoi

Bargaining within the family can generate a political gender gap pp. 1399-1413

Linda Cohen and Amihai Glazer

Flexible working in the UK and its impact on couples’ time coordination pp. 1415-1437

Mark Bryan and Almudena Sevilla

Volume 15, issue 3, 2017

A tale of two decades: Relative intra-family earning capacity and changes in family welfare over time pp. 707-737

Julie Hotchkiss, Robert Moore, Fernando Rios-Avila and Melissa R. Trussell

The impact of sex ratios before marriage on household saving in two Asian countries: The competitive saving motive revisited pp. 739-757

Charles Horioka and Akiko Hagiwara

Effects of labeled child benefits on family savings pp. 759-777

Timo Hener

Do husbands and wives pool their incomes? A couple experiment pp. 779-805

Miriam Beblo and Denis Beninger

The role of marriage in explaining racial and ethnic disparities in access to health care for men in the US pp. 807-832

Yuriy Pylypchuk and James B. Kirby

Child-custody reform and the division of labor in the household pp. 833-856

Duha Altindag, John Nunley and Richard Seals

The effects of the Chilean divorce law on women’s first birth decisions pp. 857-877

Jose V. Gallegos and Jan I. Ondrich

Divorce and the business cycle: a cross-country analysis pp. 879-904

Rafael González-Val and Miriam Marcén

The effect of macroeconomic conditions on parental time with children: evidence from the American time use survey pp. 905-924

Patrick Bauer and Lyudmyla Sonchak

Who gets to look nice and who gets to play? Effects of child gender on household expenditures pp. 925-944

Krzysztof Karbownik and Michal Myck

Teenagers’ risky health behaviors and time use during the great recession pp. 945-964

Sabrina Pabilonia

Is a good example the best sermon? Children’s imitation of parental reading pp. 965-993

Anna Laura Mancini, Chiara Monfardini and Silvia Pasqua

Impact of child health and disability on subsequent maternal fertility pp. 995-1016

George L. Wehby and Jason Hockenberry

Land ownership, the subsistence constraint, and the demographic transition pp. 1017-1036

Joel M. Guttman and Avi Tillman

Mother’s autonomy and child’s secondary schooling enrollment in Mexico pp. 1037-1053

Tanika Chakraborty and Prabal De

Volume 15, issue 2, 2017

Moral hazard in marriage: the use of domestic labor as an incentive device pp. 357-382

Selma Walther

How does paid work affect who does the childcare? An analysis of the time use of Australian couples pp. 383-398

George Argyrous and Sara Rahman

Time in eating and food preparation among single adults pp. 399-432

Mark C. Senia, Helen Jensen and Oleksandr Zhylyevskyy

The economies of scale of living together and how they are shared: estimates based on a collective household model pp. 433-453

Aline Bütikofer and Michael Gerfin

Old age pension and intergenerational living arrangements: a regression discontinuity design pp. 455-476

Xi Chen

Emancipation under the great recession in Spain pp. 477-495

Namkee Ahn and Virginia Sanchez-Marcos

Living arrangements in Europe: whether and why paternal retirement matters pp. 497-525

Luca Stella

Matching, marriage, and children: differences across sexual orientations pp. 527-547

Douglas W. Allen and Shih En Lu

Does patience matter in marriage stability? Some evidence from Italy pp. 549-577

Maria De Paola and Francesca Gioia

Breastfeeding practices and parental employment in Japan pp. 579-596

Miki Kobayashi and Emiko Usui

Child health and parental paid work pp. 597-620

Peter Burton, Kelly Chen, Lynn Lethbridge and Shelley Phipps

School enrolment and mothers’ labor supply: evidence from a regression discontinuity approach pp. 621-638

Henning Finseraas, Inés Hardoy and Pål Schøne

Measuring employment deprivation in the EU using a household-level index pp. 639-667

Carlos Gradín, Olga Cantó and Coral del Rio Otero

A behavioral portfolio approach to multiple job holdings pp. 669-689

Jaroslava Hlouskova, Panagiotis Tsigaris, Anetta Caplanova and Rudolf Sivak

Improved legal status as the major source of earnings premiums associated with intermarriage: evidence from the 1986 IRCA amnesty pp. 691-706

Miao Chi

Volume 15, issue 1, 2017

Child care and parent labor force participation: a review of the research literature pp. 1-24

Taryn W. Morrissey

The effect of breastfeeding on young adult wages: new evidence from the add health pp. 25-51

Resul Cesur, Joseph J. Sabia, Inas Kelly and Muzhe Yang

Maternal employment and time investments in children pp. 53-67

Frank Heiland, Joseph Price and Riley Wilson

The impact of child support on child health pp. 69-91

Reagan A. Baughman

The effect of child mortality on fertility behaviors is non-linear: new evidence from Senegal pp. 93-113

Marwân-al-Qays Bousmah

Fertility patterns in the Roma population of Spain pp. 115-133

Rosa Aisa, Joaquin Andaluz and Gemma Larramona

Regular provision of grandchild care and participation in social activities pp. 135-174

Bruno Arpino and Valeria Bordone

Family structure and young adult health outcomes pp. 175-197

Alexander N. Slade, Andrea Beller and Elizabeth Powers

The Celtic Tiger and home leaving among Irish young adults pp. 199-222

Emily E. Wiemers

Food assistance and family routines in three American Cities pp. 223-238

David Ribar and Daniela Zapata

Effect of mortgage indebtedness on health of U.S. homeowners pp. 239-264

Leigh Ann Leung and Catherine Lau

College tuition payment and household consumption in Japan pp. 265-285

Satoshi Shimizutani

Self-employment, earnings, and sexual orientation pp. 287-305

Christopher Jepsen and Lisa Jepsen

Are mothers of young children more likely to be self-employed? The case of Sweden pp. 307-333

Pernilla Andersson Joona

Military service and marital dissolution: a trajectory analysis pp. 335-355

P. Wesley Routon