Unitary or Noncooperative Intrahousehold Model? Evidence from Couples in Uganda: Table 1.
综述了家庭决策的单一、集体和非合作模型,并通过乌干达夫妻实验发现,两种模型并存,单一模型无法全面解释家庭决策。
We present an overview of the evidence regarding the unitary, collective and non-cooperative models of household decision making and discuss how they can affect individual and household welfare. We then discuss the results of an artefactual experiment conducted in Uganda with spouses in order to test whether household members maximize common preferences, or instead are willing to pay a significant cost to hide money from their spouse. We find that both the unitary and non-cooperative models exist in the intra-household decision making process and that a “one-size fits all” model of household decision making is unlikely to be satisfactory.