“...We provide a critique of the standard methodology which bases welfare comparisons between households on deflating household income and consumption by an...”

“...This paper presents the properties of optimal piecewise linear income tax systems for families, based on joint and individual incomes. It models the...”

“...The existing literature on precautionary saving is based almost entirely on the assumption that the household acts as if it consisted of a single individual...”

“...This paper applies the theory of relational contracts to a model in which a couple decides upon fertility and subsequently on continuation of the relationship...”