arXiv 6 May 2026 · Econometrics · 7 citations (OpenAlex)
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This paper develops a method to use singles' data in a non-parametric revealed preference setting of collective household choice. We use it to test the controversial assumption of preference stability between singles and couples, without data on intra-household allocation or marital transitions. We show that, under the preference-stability hypothesis, consumption choices from an endogenously matched population admit a conditional random-utility representation over counterfactual pairings of couples and singles. Preference stability is testable as a feasibility restriction on the observed marginal choice distributions. We reject the hypothesis using consumption data from the Dutch LISS, the Russian RLMS, and the Spanish ECPF panels.
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| 1 | Cherchye, Laurens and De Rock, Bram and Vermeulen, Frederic (2011) The Revealed Preference Approach to Collective Consumption Behaviour: Testing and Sharing Rule Recovery | 1.000 | 7 | 4 | 100% |
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| 3 | Browning, Martin and Chiappori, Pierre-André (1998) Efficient Intra-Household Allocations: A General Characterization and Empirical Tests | 1.000 | 5 | 4 | 100% |
| 4 | Chiappori, Pierre-André and Ekeland, Ivar (2009) The Microeconomics of Efficient Group Behavior: Identification | 0.928 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 5 | Cherchye, Laurens and De Rock, Bram and Vermeulen, Frederic (2007) The collective model of household consumption: a nonparametric characterization | 0.928 | 4 | 3 | 100% |
| 6 | Kallenberg, Olav (1997) Foundations of Modern Probability | 0.874 | 6 | 2 | 100% |
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| 8 | McFadden, Daniel (2005) Revealed stochastic preference: a synthesis | 0.843 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 9 | Cherchye, Laurens and De Rock, Bram and Vermeulen, Frederic (2009) Opening the black box of intra-household decision-making | 0.737 | 3 | 2 | 100% |
| 10 | Rotman, Joseph J (1994) An Introduction to the Theory of Groups | 0.737 | 3 | 2 | 100% |
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