Oferta laboral familiar y negociación intrafamiliar en España: Un test del modelo colectivo

Ibarra, Helena and Velilla, Jorge (2021): Oferta laboral familiar y negociación intrafamiliar en España: Un test del modelo colectivo.

Abstract

This paper analyzes the intrahousehold bargaining power of spouses in Spanish families, in a collective framework. Using data for Spain, we estimate household labor supply equations and, under certain testable restrictions, we obtain a theoretically-derived a sharing rule for household income, which characterizes intrahousehold bargaining power. Then, using unique data on decision-making in the household, we build up a constructed Pareto weight, and study the validity of the collective model by comparing the theoretical sharing rule and the constructed Pareto weight. The results reveal that both the observed Pareto weight and the theoretical sharing rule display qualitative similarities, thus providing direct empirical support to the collective model. Furthermore, the results suggest that Spanish wives behave more altruistically, while husbands behave more egoistically.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Household labor supply and intrahousehold bargaining: An empirical test of the collective model
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: Collective model; Labor supply; Intrahousehold bargaining power; Spain
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics; D - Microeconomics > D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics > D10 - General

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