@techreport{c844e5c2c1c849c683cba5dcfa0c73ab,
title = "Nonparametric Analysis of Household Labor Supply: Goodness-of-Fit and Power of the Unitary and the Collective Model",
abstract = "We compare the empirical performance of unitary and collective labor supply models, using representative data from the Dutch DNB Household Survey.We conduct a nonparametric analysis that avoids the distortive impact of an erroneously speci.ed functional form for the prefer-ences and/or the intrahousehold bargaining process.Our analysis focuses on the goodness-of-.t of the two behavioral models.To guarantee a fair comparison, we complement this goodness-of-.t analysis with a power analysis.Our results strongly favor the collective approach to modeling the behavior of multi-person households",
keywords = "labor supply, collective model, unitary model, nonparametric analysis, revealed preferences",
author = "L.J.H. Cherchye and F.M.P. Vermeulen",
note = "Subsequently published in Review of Economics and Statistics, 2008 Pagination: 19",
year = "2006",
language = "English",
volume = "2006-13",
series = "CentER Discussion Paper",
publisher = "Econometrics",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "Econometrics",
}