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Crowding-out Effect of Tobacco Expenditure And Its Implications on Intra-Household Resource Allocation
John, Rijo M - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
The aim of this paper is to examine if tobacco consumption crowds-out consumption of basic needs and whether it has implications for nutrition intake and intra-household resource allocation in developing countries. In the process we also examine whether preference over other commodities for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365328
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The CES utility function, non-linear budget constraints and labor supply : results on prime-age males in Japan
Bessho, Shun-ichiro; Hayashi, Masayoshi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
When the labour supply is elastic with respect to the net wage, labour income taxation generates economic distortion … treating the complex Japanese income tax system carefully. The results of this chapter suggest that the uncompensated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363338
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The CES Utility Function, Non-linear Budget Constraints and Labor Supply : Results on Prime-age Males in Japan
Bessho, Shun-ichiro; Hayashi, Masayoshi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
When he labor supply is elastic with respect to the net wage rate, labor income taxation generates economic distortion … treating the complex Japanese income tax system carefully. The results of this chapter suggest that the uncompensated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363360
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Have Lifecycle Consumption and Income Patterns in the Philippines Changed between 1994 and 2002?
Racelis, Rachel H.; Salas, J.M. Ian - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
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 … and other, and two types of labor income, i.e. earnings from paid employment and self employment income. Some of the main …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363527
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Why Does Japan’s Saving Rate Decline So Rapidly?
Katayama, Kentaro - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
The saving rate in Japan has declined rapidly. Analyzing the possible four factors that could affect the saving rate in general, compared with theoretical implications, the data suggest that all elements might have a negative impact on the saving rate during the late 90s and early 00s. Such a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363835
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TARGET SAVING IN AN OVERLAPPING GENERATIONS MODEL
Guha, Ashok S.; Guha, Brishti - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
fixed target level of retirement resources. In this case consumption displays excess sensitivity to current income as well … as perfect old age insurance. In an overlapping generations model, this leads naturally to multiple and unstable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365508
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Future Targets and Multiple Equilibria
Guha, Ashok S.; Guha, Brishti - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
current income and perfect old-age insurance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365528
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Lifetime Income and Housing Affordability in Singapore
Abeysinghe, Tilak; Gu, Jiaying - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
The existing measures of housing affordability are essentially short-run indicators that compare current income with … lifetime income to housing price. Lifetime income is computed by obtaining the predicted income from a regression over the … working life from age 20 to 64 for each birth cohort for which limited data were available. Lifetime income of Singapore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365367
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Consumption, Income, and Intergenerational Reallocation of Resources : Application of NTA in the Philippines, 1999
Salas, J.M Ian S.; Racelis, Rachel H. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
transfers or intergenerational reallocations. Lifecycle consumption and income patterns, and the systems for age reallocations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363588
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Awareness and the Demand of Safe Drinking Water Practices
Ahmed, Eatzaz; Sattar, Abdul - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
city and estimate the contribution of awareness and income on households water purification behaviour. The study finds out …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365241