rely solely on household savings for purchasing a house. These findings underscore the urgent need to improve savings … household's ability to save on a regular basis. Due to limited outreach of institutional housing finance, most slum dwellers …

financial services in Mexico, and in particular, in the marginal areas covered by the study. Household savings practices, and …The specific objectives of this study are to document, and analyze the extent, and modalities of savings practiced by … rural households, and enterprises, identifying the factors that limit, and help explain rural savings in financial form, on …

estimated through a CGE model (GTAP) and then mapped into the welfare function of the household using household survey data. The … empirical approach the author uses aims to measure the impact of Doha implementation by tracing changes in the household prices … of goods and factors and their impact on household welfare, taking particular account the role of domestic price …

"This paper explores an empirical methodology to assess the impacts of trade reforms on household behavior in … measurement error, the method overcomes the problem of the endogeneity of unit values. By endogeneizing household income, the … method to an expenditure and income survey for rural Mexico. It shows that the corrections suggested in this paper are …

"The authors use panel data for Mexico for 1997 to 1999 to test several assumptions regarding the impact of a … the conditional cash transfer program in Mexico--PROGRESA (OPORTUNIDADES)--they investigate the interaction between child …

"This paper examines how households trade off migration and savings when subject to exogenous violence. The authors … migration decision has been taken, savings can increase as a function of violence to ensure a minimum bundle to carry. Empirical …