Multi-family households in a labour supply model: a calibration method with application to Poland

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Journal: Applied Economics
Year: 2012
Volume: 44
Issue: 22
Pages: 2907-2919

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Abstract

Models of cooperative and noncooperative behaviour opened the household ‘black box’ and allowed for individual treatment of partners in couples. However, labour supply literature has so far largely ignored a broader issue -- the distinction of single versus multi-family (‘complex’) households. We propose a method to account for multi-family household structure by borrowing from recent applications of the collective model to identify the degree of sharing. We assume that each household is characterized by a between-family sharing parameter, which is calibrated on estimated preferences, observed labour market status and other characteristics. We apply the method to Polish labour market data.

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RePEc Handle
repec:taf:applec:44:y:2012:i:22:p:2907-2919
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25