We investigate the relationship between the individual and household indirect utility functions in the context of a … collective household model. Our analysis produces new results that explain how the rule governing the distribution of resources … among household members is related to the measurement of household welfare and intra-household inequality. We show that in a …

This study examines the impact of the Sierra Leone civil war on household expenditure inequality. The paper exploits … three rounds of household survey data for Sierra Leone in an attempt to estimate the impact of the conflict on the … distribution of household welfare over both short-run and long-run periods. The empirical approach uses RIF measures based on the …