This chapter considers nonunitary models of household behavior. These models suppose
explicitly that households consist of a number of different members with preferences that are …

Since energy consumption became an important contributor to climate change owing to
carbon emissions, energy-saving behavior and expenditure at the household level have …

In spite of recurrent criticism and an impressive production of alternative indicators by
scholars and NGOs, GDP remains the central indicator of countries' success. This book …

This paper critically examines the various approaches to the measurement of individual well-
being and social welfare that have been considered for the construction of alternatives to …

We discuss the most popular static and dynamic models of household behavior. Our main
objective is to explain which aspects of household decisions different models can account …

The family is a complex decision unit in which partners with potentially different objectives
make consumption, work and fertility decisions. Couples marry and divorce partly based on …

The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men
and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of …

Almost half of missing women in India are of postreproductive ages. Can intrahousehold
gender inequality and asymmetry in poverty explain a portion of these missing women …

We explore gender inequalities in paid and unpaid work with a focus on the UK. The
average working-age woman in the UK earned 40% less than her male counterpart in 2019; …

The share of household resources devoted to children is hard to identify because
consumption is measured at the household level and goods can be shared. Using …