This paper studies the direct impact of households' debt on consumption over the business cycle. We use household …

.e. ignoring within-household inequality). This assessment of existing approaches to measure individual inequality and poverty is …

likely to spend household resources on culture, and their joint consumption of such goods may be a potential reason for their …

incorporates household consumption and family labor supply decisions. We derive analytical expressions based on approximations for …

or performing household chores in urban areas …

The article reports an analysis of the findings of a search for household budget surveys for Latin America for the …

largely depend on household composition and the individual's earner role within the household. We then estimate participation …, gender and earner role within the household. Our results show an average elasticity of 0.08 for men and of 0.14 for women as … women stems predominantly from the earner role of the individual within the household and nearly disappears once we control …

category. Background risk exerts a significant impact on household portfolios, resulting in a 'flight from risk', away from …