Do Husbands and Wives Pool Their Resources?
复现了一项研究，该研究发现将儿童补贴从父亲转给母亲后，有孩子的家庭增加了女性服装支出，并以此证明家庭不合并收入。但本文发现无子女夫妇也有类似变化，质疑了原结论。
Abstract This paper replicates results of an article showing that families with children increased expenditures on women's clothing (relative to men's) after implementation of a policy that shifted a child subsidy "payment" from the father to the mother. These results were interpreted as evidence that families do not pool their income but allocate consumption based on income source. However, the current paper also finds an increase in relative spending on women's clothing among childless couples, a sample the policy change did not impact. Alternative explanations are explored for observing these patterns, but none can rule out either bargaining or income pooling.