Guys, doing housework increases your bargaining power in your relationship

I’ve been doing this econometric study that operationalizes Nash bargaining. The topic is bargaining power between married spouses. And guess what?

Interesting results obtained include the positive effect on the husband’s bargaining power within the family with increased housework contribution, and higher net family welfare with increased participation in the labour force of the wife.

Click here to download the full article.

For more information on family economics, click here to go to Professor Siow’s home page at the University of Toronto.

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