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household expenditure function. The results show that a higher energy prices will decrease energy consumption by Iranian … households. Second, we evaluate the impact of a rise of energy prices on the household welfare by measuring the compensating … variation (CV) in five steps with a compensating payment. The results show that Iranian household welfare will increase with a …
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The analysis of micro impacts of macroeconomic adjustment policies (MIMAP) is a relatively new discipline. It has spawned out of the concern that adjustment policies aimed to correct macroeconomic imbalances have adverse impacts to vulnerable sectors. This paper seeks to make an inventory and an...
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Time use survey data has been used to model household activities beyond market transactions. Accordingly, measures such … as the ‘goods intensity of household activities’ and the ‘energy and carbon intensity of household activities’ have been …
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This paper presents a structural equation model of household fleet fuel efficiency and car use. It allows to weigh the … contribution of car equipment changes and car use adjustments to the price elasticity of household demand for fuel. This model is … to 2007. The longitudinal dimension of this dataset enables to assess the short and long-run adjustments at the household …
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Encouraging consumers to use less electricity through information is essential for sustainable use of energy and demand response is indeed a key component of the smart grids concept. The aim with this study is to understand differences between consumer categories and what this could mean e.g. to...
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In this paper I apply Porto (2006) to Paraguay using household level data. The aim is to assess the distributional …) assuming incomplete pass-through on prices of traded goods which in turn influence both household consumption and earnings of … household members in the labour market. I estimate these effects highlighting the difference between the impact of the …
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production and area planted and national household survey (SUSENAS), this paper studies the impact of the expansion of the palm … oil production on household expenditure and health. Instrumental variable estimates exploit the historical production and … household expenditure but this effect is not present among rural households. More, total cultivated area increases prevalence of …
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This article examines the impact of non-farm work on household welfare, differentiated by female, for rural households … bias due to observable and unobservable factors to examine the factors that influence the household’s decision to … participate in non-farm work and the impact of participation on household welfare. Given we find no substantial selection bias on …
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Our analysis of a rich representative household survey for Malawi, where patrilineal and matrilineal institutions … coexist, suggests that (a) in matrilineal societies the likelihood of cash crop cultivation by a household increases with the … extent of land owned (or de facto controlled) by males, and (b) and cultivation of cash crops increases household welfare …
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There is a consensus on the importance of rural roads when increasing economic growth and household welfare. However …
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