The Mahabub Hossain Panel Data (MHPD) was initiated in 1988 and maintained by and named after the late Dr. Mahabub Hossain, a well-known agricultural and development economist who led a number of reputed organizations in Bangladesh (Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies and BRAC) and in...

The aim of this study is to present the underlying methodology behind the estimation of the Adequate Living Expenses (ALE) Threshold for the Greek population. The ALE threshold was first introduced in 2014 by the Greek authorities as a benchmark, mainly for protecting overindebted mortgage...

We examine the effects of receiving remittances on household saving behaviour and expenditure patterns in Vietnam. We consider the amount of saving, the saving rate, and the share of expenditure, as well as per capita expenditure on education, health, assets, house repairs, food, non-food, and...

This paper empirically investigates the impacts of climate factors, including temperature and precipitation, on household portfolio choices based on the panel data of 2,110 households continuously observed from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) for 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016. The results show...

This study investigates the role of risk attitudes and financial expectations in households’ borrowing behaviour. The central research question is whether risk aversion and optimistic expectations provide additional information beyond the main economic and sociodemographic characteristics in...