Testing the Neoclassical Model of Family Labor Supply and Fertility
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The McElroy-Horney Nash-bargaining model of family demand behavior relaxes the restriction that nonearned income of husband and wife has the identical effect on family labor supply and commodity demands. This restriction of the neoclassical model offamily behavior is tested for the determination of husband and wife labor supply andfertility based on the 1981 Socioeconomic Survey of Thailand. The neoclassical restriction is rejected for female labor supply andfertility. Another unexplored limitation offamily demand studies, due to the sample self selection of intact marriages, is empirically treated through alternative estimation strategies. In this case, a more sharply focused theory of marital behavior is needed to identify family demand models.
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