The distribution of consumption in Moldova implies that changes in workers' remittances, migration, and energy prices … could influence consumption and poverty rates in some unexpected and even counter-intuitive ways. Relatively well-off groups … proportion to their consumption. The consumption of relatively wealthy groups is linked directly to price of natural gas, while …

proxy for relative abundance of natural resources, which is based on standard growth theory. In turn, various econometric …

growth in saving to growth in future consumption to provide a test of genuine saving using historical data. Did measured … genuine saving in 1976, for example, "predict" the observed changes in consumption over subsequent decades? The author tests … saving. Genuine saving adjusted to reflect population growth exhibits the worst fit with theory. Both gross saving and …