Do Couples Bargain over Fertility? Evidence Based on Child Preference Data

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Empirical literature has found evidence in favour of household bargaining models.In contrast to earlier tests that are limited to assignable private goods, we use childpreference data in order to extend the empirical evidence on household bargaining topublic household goods. In the empirical analysis, we exploit the different theoreticalpredictions for couples with heterogeneous and homogeneous preferences derivedfrom household models. Our results indicate that couples bargain over fertility.Furthermore, we find that the ability to commit to household resource allocationsdepends on the gender of the partner with higher preferences.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ifo Working Paper ; No. 92

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles ; Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation ; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; Demographic Economics: Public Policy
• Subject: Fertility ; child preferences ; intra-household allocation ; bargaining ; limited commitment ; Familienplanung ; Verhalten ; Offenbarte Präferenzen ; Verhandlungstheorie ; Haushaltseinkommen ; Familienleistungsausgleich ; Familienökonomik ; Fruchtbarkeit ; Theorie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hener, Timo
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2010

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/73757
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