This paper theoretically studies and empirically estimates (1) how spousal labor supply affects bargaining between the husband and wife over their private consumption, and (2) the impact of this intrahousehold bargaining on their reservation wage and unemployment duration. We consider a model of household job search in which the outcomes of bargaining are determined by the sharing rule of Chiap...

and my wife, Meymanat.

1 Globally, over a half million women die annually from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. In the developing world, postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) accounts for up to half of all maternal deaths. The wife of the Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan of India, Empress Mumtaz, had 14 children and died after her last childbirth of PPH in 1630. So great was the Emperor’s love for his wife that he built t...