Testing Nash-bargaining household models with time-series data
This paper uses a “natural experiment” in Canadian divorce law reform to discriminate empirically between unitary and Nash-bargained models of the household. Using time-series data from three Canadian provinces, it demonstrates that following landmark divorce law reforms in the 1970s—reforms that le...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
1998
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| author | Hoddinott, John F. Adam, Christopher |
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| description | This paper uses a “natural experiment” in Canadian divorce law reform to discriminate empirically between unitary and Nash-bargained models of the household. Using time-series data from three Canadian provinces, it demonstrates that following landmark divorce law reforms in the 1970s—reforms that led to improvements in women's expected settlement upon divorce in Ontario and British Columbia, suicide rates for older, married women in these provinces registered a sharp decline. Similar declines were not registered for younger, unmarried women or men in Ontario and British Columbia, nor for older, married women in Quebec, where the legal basis for divorce did not change. These results are consistent with Nash-bargained models of the household but not with the unitary model. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1612542025-11-06T06:40:12Z Testing Nash-bargaining household models with time-series data Hoddinott, John F. Adam, Christopher households models social policy gender relations gender household budget divorce suicide This paper uses a “natural experiment” in Canadian divorce law reform to discriminate empirically between unitary and Nash-bargained models of the household. Using time-series data from three Canadian provinces, it demonstrates that following landmark divorce law reforms in the 1970s—reforms that led to improvements in women's expected settlement upon divorce in Ontario and British Columbia, suicide rates for older, married women in these provinces registered a sharp decline. Similar declines were not registered for younger, unmarried women or men in Ontario and British Columbia, nor for older, married women in Quebec, where the legal basis for divorce did not change. These results are consistent with Nash-bargained models of the household but not with the unitary model. 1998 2024-11-21T09:54:28Z 2024-11-21T09:54:28Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161254 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Hoddinott, John F.; Adam, Christopher. 1998. Testing Nash-bargaining household models with time-series data. FCND Discussion Paper 52. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161254 |
| spellingShingle | households models social policy gender relations gender household budget divorce suicide Hoddinott, John F. Adam, Christopher Testing Nash-bargaining household models with time-series data |
| title | Testing Nash-bargaining household models with time-series data |
| title_full | Testing Nash-bargaining household models with time-series data |
| title_fullStr | Testing Nash-bargaining household models with time-series data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Testing Nash-bargaining household models with time-series data |
| title_short | Testing Nash-bargaining household models with time-series data |
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| topic | households models social policy gender relations gender household budget divorce suicide |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161254 |
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