Household decision making in rural China: Using experiments to estimate the influences of spouses

被引：57

作者：

Carlsson, Fredrik ^{[1
]}

He, Haoran ^{[1
,2
]}

Martinsson, Peter ^{[1
]}

Qin, Ping ^{[1
,3
]}

Sutter, Matthias ^{[1
,4
,5
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Gothenburg, Dept Econ, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden

[2] Beijing Normal Univ, Sch Econ & Business Adm, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China

[3] Renmin Univ China, Sch Econ, Beijing 100872, Peoples R China

[4] Univ Innsbruck, Dept Publ Finance, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

[5] IZA Bonn, D-53072 Bonn, Germany

来源：

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION | 2012年 / 84卷 / 02期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Household decision making; Spouses; Relative influence; Random parameter model; Field experiment; Time preferences; RISK-AVERSION; PREFERENCES; CHOICE; ALLOCATION; RESOURCES; BEHAVIOR;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jebo.2012.08.010

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Many economic decisions are made jointly within households. Running an experiment on intertemporal choice, we investigate the relative influence of spouses on joint household decisions. We let each spouse first decide individually and then jointly with the other spouse. We propose the use of a random parameter probit model to measure the relative influence of spouses on joint decisions. We find that joint choices are in between husbands' and wives' choices with respect to impatience, indicating that both spouses have an influence on joint decisions. However, we estimate that in 99% of households husbands have a stronger influence than wives. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：525 / 536

页数：12

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