Huffman, Wallace E.

WP #06036, November 2006 (Revised on February 21, 2008)

This paper examines the changing structure of U.S. household production over the post-World War II period. We apply production theory in order to define a new set of inputs for U.S. households and use newly constructed data so as to examine with the aid of a relatively simple complete household aggregate demand system. The goal is to extent our understanding of the changing structure of the U.S. household sector over the post-World War II period, including the demand for inputs of women

JEL Classification: C30

Keywords: complete-demand system, household production, housework, price elasticities, income elasticities, post-World War II

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