Household expenditure data is an important input into the study of consumption and savings behaviour and of living … expenditure data collected from the same individuals. Under the assumption that the diary measures are "true" food consumption …, this allows us to observe errors in measures of recall food consumption directly, and to study the properties of those …

In many research areas it is desirable to have information on household total expenditure ("consumption"). We draw … evidence from several sources on the usefulness of recall consumption questions. We conclude that valid information can be …

distribution, the importance of government transfer payments, consumption levels and patterns of saving, the extent of home …

that (i) a quarter of job losers cannot borrow for current consumption, (ii) this constraint is binding for a much smaller …

separation, we compare the consumption growth of households that experienced a permanent layoff to a control group of households … experience an average consumption loss of between 4 and 10 percent. Older workers and workers with high job tenure have losses …

Household Panel. Our estimates suggest that cohabitating individuals enjoy returns to scale in consumption that are towards the … provided by the female partner is a significant determinant of her share of household consumption in most of the countries we …

distribution, the importance of government transfer payments, consumption levels and patterns of saving, the extent of home …

that (i) a quarter of job losers cannot borrow for current consumption, (ii) this constraint is binding for a much smaller …