consumption. A low percentage of participants logged on to the Web platform, but most participants were reached through e … significant changes in consumption habits were found. …

consumption. A low percentage of participants logged on to the Web platform, but most participants were reached through e … significant changes in consumption habits were found. …

is temporary leads to an initial expansion in consumption, and, since the model allows for distortionary taxes on … consumption, to an endogenous increase in tax revenues large enough to eliminate the ex-ante fiscal deficit. This paper was …

consumption categories: non-durable goods, durable goods, education and health. Our results for non-durable goods consumption … household consumption in Mexico during the 1990s, which is a period characterized by high volatility. In addition to performing … reject the hypothesis that Mexican households are able to insure idiosyncratic risk. For the comparisons across consumption …

We identify whether remittances facilitate consumption smoothing during health shocks in Jamaica. In addition, we … remittances offer complete insurance toward decreased consumption during health shocks and that moral hazard is weak. The role of … interacts with formal health insurance, and whether there are differential effects by gender of the household head. We find that …

improvements in children's health; in El Salvador, slum dwellers also feel that they are safer. We do not find this result, however …