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The modes of remittances of households in Bangladesh have been categorised as 'No Remit- tances', 'Internal Remittances … and the households' basic characteristics. The study reveals that household level variables like rural-urban locations …, age and sex of the households heads, religion, ratio of male, adult and young members etc. are potentially significant in …
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We use micro data on young married households from the Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers in order to analyze the … importance of borrowing constraints in Japan. We find (1) that 8 to 15 percent of young married Japanese households are borrowing … and for the subsample of unconstrained households. These results suggest that the life cycle/permanent income hypothesis …
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In this paper, we examine the financial literacy, thus the financial behaviour of 352 Greek households. In turn, we …-system and, further, indicate similarities and differences between them. ?t is argued that the sample of households make better …
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Understanding the distributional impacts of market-based climate policies is crucial to design economically efficient climate change mitigation policies that are socially acceptable and avoid adverse impacts on the poor. Empirical studies that examine the distributional impacts of carbon pricing...
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", the "frugal Jane" and the "wasteful John" for the majority of these variables. Most importantly, households in the lowest …
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actual portfolios of Norwegian households with estimated optimal portfolios, using traditional financial theory. We find …
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The ability of households to diversify their income sources is strongly related to their capacity to cope in times of … which to draw when under such pressures. Households with a newborn child face two additional constraints: the income …-generating capability of mothers can be moderately or severely reduced; and households may have to spend more because of the newborn child …
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This article considers non-unitary models of household behavior. These models suppose explicitly that households …
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Results from travel demand research in many countries show that - on average - women are less mobile and have different mobility patterns than men. Recent longitudinal studies of gender specific travel demand reveal converging mobility of males and females. Moreover, in some countries results...
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The security of natural gas supply is an important issue for all EU countries due to the region's heavy dependence on imported supply sources and in light of energy demand for gas that is continuously increasing. Discussions have emphasised strategies for securing the supply at the macro level,...
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