This paper uses a subjective wellbeing approach to study the role of household arrangements on the health satisfaction of an individual. It also studies the impact of household arrangements on health satisfaction across different income groups, by contrasting two main theories of the family: the...

A subjective well-being approach is followed to assess the magnitude of inefficiency in the use of income. The information comes from a Mexican survey and an X-inefficiency technique is used. The paper shows that there exists substantial inefficiency in the use of income at all income levels,...

Este documento estudia un programa de credito preferencial de un banco de desarrollo en Mexico. El programa otorga credito a tasas de interes relativamente bajas. Sin embargo, al evaluar el costo total de un credito es necesario ir mas alla de su costo financiero y considerar tambien el costo de...