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Pierre André Chiappori (Columbia) "Family Economics" - Cemmap

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468 11. Marriage, Divorce, Children<br />

This pattern of behavior reflects our assumption that the mother has<br />

comparative advantage in child care γ>wm(1 + α) which is seen to imply<br />

that, for the mother, the child comes first and she spends resources on<br />

herself only when she is sufficiently wealthy. The utility of the child is then<br />

⎧<br />

⎨<br />

q(s) =<br />

⎩<br />

and the utility of the mother is<br />

⎧<br />

⎨<br />

um(s) =<br />

⎩<br />

Remarried custodial mother<br />

g(ĉ)+γ(1 − ĉ−s)<br />

wm<br />

g(s)+γ<br />

if<br />

if<br />

s ≤ ĉ,<br />

ĉ

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