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Intra-household inequalities have long been a source of concern for policy design, but there is very little evidence … overall poverty rate, but individual poverty statuses are affected. Intra-household consumption inequalities accounts for 14 … percent of inequality in Senegal. The authors uncover the fact that household structure and organization are key correlates of …
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This paper argues that labor supply elasticities encode information about the determinants of income inequality. In the theoretical framework, individuals choose labor supply conditional on productivities and preferences for consumption relative to leisure. The paper shows that reduced-form...
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Although household well-being is anchored in long-term average rates of consumption, welfare comparisons typically rely … questions. Identification stems from diary-recall differences in reports from the same household, does not require these reports … insights for interpreting and reconciling diary-recall differences in household expenditure surveys …
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Can consumption taxes reduce inequality in developing countries? This paper combines household expenditure data from 31 …
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