Nonparametric Analysis of Household Labor Supply: Goodness-of-Fit and Power of the Unitary and the Collective Model

L.J.H. Cherchye; F.M.P. Vermeulen

Nonparametric Analysis of Household Labor Supply: Goodness-of-Fit and Power of the Unitary and the Collective Model

L.J.H. Cherchye
, F.M.P. Vermeulen

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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

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Tilburg
Publisher	Econometrics
Number of pages	19
Volume	2006-13
Publication status	Published - 2006

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Volume	2006-13

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labor supply
collective model
unitary model
nonparametric analysis
revealed preferences

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Nonparametric Analysis of Household Labor Supply: Goodness-of-Fit and Power of the Unitary and the Collective Model

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