-family income pooling, household own income still matters to household consumption even after controlling for extended family … findings also suggest that although the change in household own income matters to the change in household consumption …, controlling for extended family resources, the magnitudes of the coefficients are small. We also find evidence that household …

to changes in total household income and women's share of household income. The study addresses two major questions … for increasing calorie intake among low income households? Second, what is the potential effect of intra-household … calorie consumption. I also find that increases in women's share of household income are likely to result in marginal declines …

human capital investment. This paper measures the impact of child fostering on school enrollment and uses household and … interviewing the sending and receiving household participating in each fostering exchange, allowing a comparison of foster children …

Change in income inequality in Taiwan from 1964 to 1995 is sensitive to how household incomes are adjusted for … household composition. The reasonable practice of dividing household income by persons (or adults) in the household eliminates …

Researchers often assume household structure is exogenous, but child fostering, the institution in which parents send … this assumption. Using data I collected in Burkina Faso, I analyze a household's decision to adjust its size and … composition through fostering. A household fosters children as a risk-coping mechanism in response to exogenous income shocks, if …

Change in income inequality in Taiwan from 1964 to 1995 is sensitive to how household incomes are adjusted for … household composition. The reasonable practice of dividing household income by persons (or adults) in the household eliminates …

rainfall variation, availability of informal lenders in the village, and household specific variables especially titled land … owned by the household. …