"This paper proposes that individuals care about the relative income of proximate reference groups. Making use of self …-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a … reference point for new sample data from Venezuela. Having greater perceived income than one's siblings is found to be …

more likely to have anal sex, and 19.1 percent more likely to have unprotected sex on days in which a household member …

contributed to raise purchase prices and the cash income of vanilla farmers. But the effect on farmers' consumption remains small …

ongoing work under a joint energy study entitled INGENS - Income Generation through Energy and. Complementary Services. INGENS …

"This paper analyzes changes in the allocation of child labor within the household in reaction to exogenous shocks … compensated for some of the intra-household differences, as they reduced child labor more for older boys who used to work more and … suggest that time allocation and specialization patterns in child labor within the household are important factors to …

"Household surveys have long been used to estimate poverty and inequality trends, as well as trends in education and …

based natural resource management on household welfare. The paper focuses on the economic welfare of households living …? Within the game management area, the paper tries to determine the factors that influence household participation in natural …