of high economic growth suggests that the nutritional improvements are due to higher household incomes. The authors … investigate whether this causal hypothesis is true by estimating the impact of household income growth on children's nutritional … that growth in household expenditures accounts for only a small proportion of the improvements in children's nutritional …

In developing countries like the Philippines, a major policy concern is the inequity in access to health and education … ("circumstances") on their access to basic services. Our logit regression analyses of two nationwide household surveys reveal that … household income and composition, mother's age and education status, and the child's age and gender are critical. The …

As one of the world's largest recipients of remittances, the Philippines received remittances roughly 12% of its gross … role of remittances in increasing household consumption and investment and thereby their potential for rebalancing economic … to the Philippines do not have a significant influence on other key items of consumption or investment such as spending …

This paper examines the impact of remittances on economy and household welfare in Pakistan by using a general … affect the household consumption expenditure and hence poverty. The findings suggest that reduction in remittances will … reduce gross domestic product, investment, and household consumption, which in turn will increase poverty. On the other hand …