Oferta laboral colectiva con niños y no participación: evidencia para México

We extend the collective model of household behavior to consider both public consumption (expenditures on children), as well as non-participation in the labor market. Identification of individual preferences and the sharing rule derived by observing each individual’s labor supply and the total expen...

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Main Authors: Sarmiento Espinel, Jaime Andrés, van Gameren, Edwin
Format: Online
Language:English
Editor: El Colegio de México, A.C. 2018
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Online Access:https://estudioseconomicos.colmex.mx/index.php/economicos/article/view/354
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Estudios Económicos

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Summary:We extend the collective model of household behavior to consider both public consumption (expenditures on children), as well as non-participation in the labor market. Identification of individual preferences and the sharing rule derived by observing each individual’s labor supply and the total expenditure on the public good rest on the existence of a distribution factor and on the existence and uniqueness of individual reservation wages at which both members are indifferent as to whether a member participates or not. Using a sample of Mexican nuclear families, collective rationality is not rejected. No evidence is found that empowering mothers is more beneficial for children than empowering fathers.