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This article focuses on the allocation of tasks and consumption within the household. We first discuss the role of the household in the production of various self-consumed goods and services. We then turn to the outcome of bargaining between household members, examining the empirical evidence to date. The last section makes the link between intrahousehold welfare and the matching of spouses in the marriage market.
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Fafchamps, M. (2018). Intrahousehold Welfare. In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_2664
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