Have age profiles of consumption and labor income in the Philippines changed from 1994 to 2002? What are the … estimate the per capita age profiles of current consumption and labor income for the Philippines for the years 1994, 1999 and … 2002. Age profiles estimated include those for public and private consumption for three broad types, i.e. education, health …

fixed target level of retirement resources. In this case consumption displays excess sensitivity to current income as well …

fixed target. Existence and uniqueness conditions are discussed. The model displays excess consumption sensitivity to …

create a net wealth effect for the aggregate of households. …

are i) consumption correlates model, ii) poverty probability model, and iii) the wealth index Principal Components …Although consumption expenditure data is crucial for assessing the level of peoples welfare and calculating important …, we experiment with three approaches to predict consumption expenditure and poverty at household and aggregate level as …

, and analyzing them separately may yield results that are useful for public policy. Hence, we analyze the consumption … 120,309 households, has been used for this purpose. We found that most forms of tobacco consumption are higher among … consumption were found to be signifcant factors determining tobacco consumption habits of Indian households. The effect of some of …

The aim of this paper is to examine if tobacco consumption crowds-out consumption of basic needs and whether it has … commodities by the status of tobacco consumption of households. Average per capita per diem intake of nutrients such as calorie … consumption of certain commodities such as milk, clean fuels and entertainment which has direct bearing on mostly children and …

encourage consumption, either by raising the level of household disposable income or reducing the savings rate are likely to … current account surpluses tend to have sufficient fiscal space. The evidence suggests that excessive savings rather than … demand for precautionary savings. Governments can raise investment spending directly through increased government investment …