Review of Economics of the Household

2003 - 2025

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Volume 14, issue 4, 2016

Is caring for older parents detrimental to women’s mental health? The role of the European North–South gradient pp. 745-778

Elenka Brenna and Cinzia Di Novi

The “Costs” of informal care: an analysis of the impact of elderly care on caregivers’ subjective well-being in Japan pp. 779-810

Yoko Niimi

The schooling repayment hypothesis for private transfers: evidence from the PROGRESA/Oportunidades experiment pp. 811-828

Carlos Chiapa and Laura Juarez

How distance to a non-resident parent relates to child outcomes pp. 829-857

Astrid Würtz Rasmussen and Leslie Stratton

Parental leave benefits and breastfeeding in Germany: effects of the 2007 reform pp. 859-890

Anita Kottwitz, Anja Oppermann and Katharina Spiess

The effects of teenage childbearing on long-term health in the US: a twin-fixed-effects approach pp. 891-920

Pinar Gunes

Family time of couples with children: shortening gender differences in parenting? pp. 921-940

Joan Garcia Roman and Clara Cortina

The second shift: assimilation in housework time among immigrants pp. 941-959

Jisoo Hwang

Tax incentives and family labor supply in Austria pp. 961-987

Tibor Hanappi and Sandra Müllbacher

Do religious beliefs affect borrowing behavior? Evidence from Chinese households pp. 989-1005

Zhong Chunping, Pan Li and Shu Lingwei

Should I stay or should I go? Sibling effects in household formation pp. 1007-1027

Ainoa Aparicio and Veruska Oppedisano

Divorce and the cost of housing: evidence from Iran pp. 1029-1054

Mohammad Reza Farzanegan and Hassan Gholipour Fereidouni

Volume 14, issue 3, 2016

Determinants of bilingualism among children: an econometric analysis pp. 489-506

Barry Chiswick and Marina Gindelsky

Are pregnant women happier? Racial and ethnic differences in the relationship between pregnancy and life satisfaction in the United States pp. 507-527

Paul Hagstrom and Stephen Wu

The increasing happiness of US parents pp. 529-551

Chris M. Herbst and John Ifcher

Determinants of contraceptive choice among Japanese women: ten years after the pill approval pp. 553-575

Sayaka Nakamura

Parental health and child behavior: evidence from parental health shocks pp. 577-598

Andrea Mühlenweg, Franz Westermaier and G. Brant Morefield

Parenting is risky business: parental risk attitudes in small stakes decisions on behalf of their children pp. 599-623

Franziska Ziegelmeyer and Michael Ziegelmeyer

Assimilation effects beyond the labor market: time allocations of Mexican immigrants to the US pp. 625-668

Andres J. Vargas

Migration to the US and marital mobility pp. 669-694

Rebekka Christopoulou and Dean R. Lillard

Within inequality characteristics and adaptation of immigrants in the United States pp. 695-714

Mehmet Yaya

Intergenerational transmission of education among female immigrants pp. 715-744

Susan Niknami

Volume 14, issue 2, 2016

Why has the prevalence of obesity doubled? pp. 251-267

Charles L. Baum and Shin-Yi Chou

Obesity and sex ratios in the U.S pp. 269-292

Wanchuan Lin, Kathryn McEvilly and Juan Pantano

Selection works both ways: BMI and marital formation among young women pp. 293-311

Michael Malcolm and Ilker Kaya

The effect of obesity, alcohol misuse and smoking on employment and hours worked: evidence from the Icelandic economic collapse pp. 313-335

Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir, Harpa H. Berndsen, Bryndís Þ. Guðmundsdóttir, Bryndís A. Gunnarsdóttir and Hugrún J. Halldórsdóttir

How do sex ratios in China influence marriage decisions and intra-household resource allocation? pp. 337-371

Maria Porter

Does marriage affect men’s labor market outcomes? A European perspective pp. 373-389

Niklas Jakobsson and Andreas Kotsadam

Parenthood wage penalties in a double income society pp. 391-416

Sara Cools and Marte Strøm

Maternal employment and food produced at home: evidence from Japanese data pp. 417-442

Miki Kohara and Yusuke Kamiya

What makes people anxious about life after the age of 65? Evidence from international survey research in Japan, the United States, China, and India pp. 443-461

Yoshihiko Kadoya

Dynamic modelling of long-term care decisions pp. 463-488

Michelle Sovinsky and Steven Stern

Volume 14, issue 1, 2016

Do spouses cooperate? An experimental investigation pp. 1-26

François Cochard, Hélène Couprie and Astrid Hopfensitz

Does child care availability play a role in maternal employment and children’s development? Evidence from Italy pp. 27-51

Ylenia Brilli, Daniela Del Boca and Chiara Pronzato

Decomposing the increase in men’s time on childcare during the great recession pp. 53-82

Marina Gorsuch

Match quality and maternal investments in children pp. 83-102

Erin Fletcher

Effects of parental absence on child labor and school attendance in the Philippines pp. 103-130

Claus Pörtner

The connection between working hours and body mass index in the U.S.: a time use analysis pp. 131-154

Joelle Abramowitz

Delegating home care for the elderly to external caregivers? An empirical study on Italian data pp. 155-183

Matteo Lippi Bruni and Cristina Ugolini

Parental supervision and adolescent risky behaviors pp. 185-206

Sarah Grace See

Lifecycle-consistent female labor supply with nonlinear taxes: evidence from unobserved effects panel data models with censoring, selection and endogeneity pp. 207-229

Anil Kumar

Intergenerational correlation of labor market outcomes pp. 231-249

Nicolas Hérault and Guyonne Kalb

Volume 13, issue 4, 2015

Financial implications of relationship breakdown: Does marriage matter? pp. 735-769

Hayley Fisher and Hamish Low

Intrafamily bargaining and love pp. 771-789

Man Si

What effects do macroeconomic conditions have on the time couples with children spend together? pp. 791-814

Melinda Morrill and Sabrina Pabilonia

Enticing even higher female labor supply: the impact of cheaper day care pp. 815-836

Inés Hardoy and Pål Schøne

Child-care costs and mothers’ employment rates: an empirical analysis for Austria pp. 837-870

Helmut Mahringer and Christine Zulehner

Educational attainment and maternity in Spain: not only “when” but also “how” pp. 871-900

María Davia and Nuria Legazpe

Behavioral games and intrahousehold allocation: teenage mothers and their mothers in Brazil pp. 901-927

Sarah Reynolds

Effects of maternal depression on couple relationship status pp. 929-973

Nancy Reichman, Hope Corman and Kelly Noonan

Gender differences in drinking behavior during an economic collapse: evidence from Iceland pp. 975-1001

Thorhildur Ólafsdóttir and Tinna Ásgeirsdóttir

The effect of minimum drinking age laws on pregnancy, fertility, and alcohol consumption pp. 1003-1022

Inna Cintina

How microfinance empowers women in Côte d’Ivoire pp. 1023-1041

Namizata Binaté Fofana, Gerrit Antonides, Anke Niehof and Johan Ophem

A note on the ‘food paradox’: some contradictory evidence pp. 1043-1053

Donald Vitaliano

Volume 13, issue 3, 2015

Wealth distribution within couples pp. 459-486

Markus Grabka, Jan Marcus and Eva Sierminska

Individual perception of accessible social capital and attitude to thrift pp. 487-500

Meng-Na Xu and Ming-Lin Wang

Toyboys or supergirls? An analysis of partners’ employment outcomes when she outearns him pp. 501-530

Hans Bloemen and Elena Stancanelli

The labour supply effect of Education Maintenance Allowance and its implications for parental altruism pp. 531-568

Angus Holford

The co-movement of couples’ incomes pp. 569-588

Stephen Shore

Rainfall variability, occupational choice, and welfare in rural Bangladesh pp. 589-634

Sushenjit Bandyopadhyay and Emmanuel Skoufias

Identifying peer effects using spatial analysis: the role of peers on risky sexual behavior pp. 635-652

Gbenga Ajilore

Body weight, mental health capital, and academic achievement pp. 653-684

Joseph Sabia and Daniel Rees

Maternal employment: the impact of triple rationing in childcare pp. 685-707

D. Vandelannoote, P. Vanleenhove, André Decoster, J. Ghysels and G. Verbist

Unintended consequences of welfare reform for children with single parents: a theoretical analysis pp. 709-733

Marco Francesconi, Helmut Rainer and Wilbert van der Klaauw

Volume 13, issue 2, 2015

Portfolio choice and risk attitudes: a household bargaining approach pp. 219-241

Tansel Yilmazer and Stephen Lich

Marital bargaining in the demand for life insurance: evidence from the Health and Retirement Study pp. 243-268

Edwin Wong

The impact of social capital on consumption insurance and income volatility in the UK: evidence from the British Household Panel Survey pp. 269-295

Filippo Maria Pericoli, E. Pierucci and Luigi Ventura

(Why) Do self-employed parents have more children? pp. 297-321

Nzinga Broussard, Ralph Chami and Gregory Hess

Family proximity and the labor force status of women in Canada pp. 323-358

Janice Compton

Grandchild care, intergenerational transfers, and grandparents’ labor supply pp. 359-384

Christine Ho

The health and behavioral outcomes of out-of-wedlock children from families of social fathers pp. 385-411

Kwok Ho Chan, Ka Fung and Ender Demir

Older Americans’ health and the Great Recession pp. 413-436

Thomas Hyclak, Chad Meyerhoefer and Larry Taylor

Labor supply and household meal production among working adults in the Health and Retirement Survey pp. 437-457

Richard Dunn