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controls the majority of the household resources, it affects the patterns of consumption of the household and how households …
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controls the majority of the household resources, it affects the patterns of consumption of the household and how households …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013040965
acquisition, increases income and consumption, and reduces consumption variability. A conceptual framework using an infinitely …
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We study the effect of within-household mortality on the evolution of household per capita consumption. Relying on a … consumption caused by the death of a household member. Our findings indicate that a household's ability to smooth consumption … support for the hypothesis that the evolution of household consumption is not affected by within-household mortality. …
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We investigate the impact of peer observation on consumption decisions using a lab-in-field experiment. Respondents … make consumption decisions either alone or under peer observation. We find evidence for peer effects. We are able to study … find evidence for an information channel. Further, we show that the consumption choice is influenced by how many people …
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Most measures of vulnerability are a-theoretic and essentially static. In this paper we use a stochastic Ramsey model to find a household's optimal welfare and we measure vulnerability as the shortfall from the welfare attained if the household consumed permanently at the poverty line. The...
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We study the effect of within-household mortality on the evolution of household per capita consumption. Relying on a … consumption caused by the death of a household member. Our findings indicate that a household's ability to smooth consumption … support for the hypothesis that the evolution of household consumption is not affected by within-household mortality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012256093
between 2004 and 2008, and that a significant proportion of households had to adjust food consumption in response.  Regression …
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takes into account endogenous reactions and consumption smoothing of households. We use the methodology to study the impact …
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simultaneous choice of quantity and quality. This allows us to exploit unit values from cigarette consumption in order to …
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