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Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit werden verschiedene Elemente ?konomischer Analyse gemeinsam verwendet, um einen st?rkeren Blick in das ?konomische Verhalten von Haushalten zu erm?glichen. In der mikro?konomischen Theorie wird Haushaltsarbeit nur in seltenen F?llen als dritte Alternative...
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-to-job shifts of workers, development of an informal labour market, etc.). The transformation in Russia has witnessed an increase in …
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Alcohol consumption is considered an important social activity but a major health risk in Latin American and Caribbean countries (LAC). Alcohol consumption net benefits are doubtful and the factors influencing alcohol consumption in the LAC countries are not well documented. In this study, we...
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An agricultural household model provides the framework for modeling off-farm work participation and off-farm and on-farm work decisions of farm operators. The empirical results are obtained from fitting the econometric model to data from a large national survey. In the estimated structural...
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This essay investigates the impacts of primary care giver’s (PCG) time allocation and food expenditure choices on childhood obesity using national panel study of income dynamic (PSID) data. A triangular system of equations is derived and estimated under parametric and semi-parametric model...
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According to neo-classical theory, farmoperators’ labour allocation is determined by therelative wage they can earn from their labour on and offthe farm. At the equilibrium, time should be allocated sothat the marginal returns from on- and off-farm workare equal. Thus, a move from coupled to...
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This paper presents two models in explaining time allocation to micro credit (MC) by households in North America. The single-period model explains the optimal allocation of time to a microenterprise in any given period, conditional on the household having self-selected into the MC program. A...
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The increased prevalence of childhood obesity is a major concern for society. Thisstudy aims at exploring the influence of the parents (especially parental time allocationchoices) on children’s obesity-related health outcomes and examining the potentialdifferences between the...
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The heterogeneous demographic composition of South African households means that the way that household income or expenditure is converted into an individual-level welfare measure is likely to matter. This paper examines the monetary and time costs of the most common economic dependents in...
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