The majority of todays research on family and childrens education is based on the unitary household framework where household members are assumed to pool their resources and parental preferences are systematically aggregated. By contrast, "bargaining" models relax those stringent and unrealistic assumptions. Using a unique data set from Indonesia, this work applies a collective non-unitary household model to the analysis of household decision-making and its impact on childrens education. Using pre-marital assets brought to a household upon marriage as an exogenous proxy of intra-household...
The majority of todays research on family and childrens education is based on the unitary household framework where household members are assumed to p...