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. Overall, we found that household welfare is expected to decrease with loss in consumption and increase with income gain as a … Household Survey (UNHS) 2005/2006 to estimate a measure of net consumption impact that includes both price and profit effects …. The results suggest that the majority of households with expected positive income impact, the gainers, live in rural areas …
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income from irrigated crops. Results from sales-monitoring data show that women purchase less than 10 percent of the pumps … and men continue to make most of the major decisions on crop choices and income use. These findings vary by type of crop …, with men making major decisions on high-income crops such as tomatoes and women having relatively more autonomy on crops …
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This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) baseline survey results, summarizing both findings from the WEAI survey and the relationships between the WEAI and various outcomes of interest to the US Government’s Feed the...
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This report has been prepared in response to growing concerns about the impacts of climate change on Latin American economies, agriculture, and people. Findings suggest that because of the climate change impacts on agricultural production (yield change) and international food prices, unless...
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is not yet fully understood. This paper investigates changes in assets owned by the household head, his spouse, or … jointly by both of them in response to shocks in rural agricultural households in Bangladesh with the help of detailed … household survey panel data. Land is owned mostly by men, who are wealthier than their spouses with respect to almost all types …
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...the authors examine the impacts of HIV and AIDS on labor markets and wages, household income and consumption dynamics, and on the … agricultural sector as a whole; analyze the ways in which households respond to prime-age illness, death, and food insecurity; and …
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The paper reviews recent theory and empirical evidence testing unitary versus collective models of the household. In … contrast to the unitary model, the collective model posits that individuals within households have different preferences and do … not pool their income. Moreover, the collective model predicts that intrahousehold allocations reflect differences in …
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The paper reviews recent theory and empirical evidence testing unitary versus collective models of the household. In … contrast to the unitary model, the collective model posits that individuals within households have different preferences and do … not pool their income. Moreover, the collective model predicts that intrahousehold allocations reflect differences in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037789
How households adjust their consumption in response to changes in prices and income is crucial determinant of the … Ethiopia, where many households consume inadequate quantities of calories, protein and other nutrients. Household consumption … behaviour in the country is also rather complex. Regional consumption patterns differ considerably with no single staple …
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