Society of Economics of the Household (SEHO)

SEHO aims to promote the field of Household Economics, which encompasses all decisions made by households at both the micro-economic and macroeconomic level (Grossbard, 2015). It includes health, nutrition, eldercare, and risky behaviors; fertility, childcare, and household production of human capital; domestic violence and well-being of persons living in households; gender; consumption, savings and wealth accumulation; labor supply and other time uses; household formation (including marriage, cohabitation) and dissolution for heterosexuals and same-sex partners; household finances; migration; and intergenerational transfers.

The 1st annual Meeting of the Society of Economics of the Household (SEHO) was held in San Diego, California, USA in 2017; the 2nd Meeting in Paris, in 2018; the 3d Meeting in Lisbon, in 2019; the 4th Meeting in Venice, in 2020, was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic; the 5th Meeting was held in Boston, in 2021; the 6th Meeting in London, in 2022; the 7th Meeting in Copenhagen  in 2023; the 8th meeting was held in Singapore in 2024; the 9th meeting was held in Zaragoza in 2025; the 10th meeting will be held in Pavia in 2026. 

SEHO organizes an AEA ASSA session each year starting from 3-5 January 2025 in San Francisco, and continuing with: 3-5 January 2026 in Philadelphia.