The social-economic and environment factors have shown direct effect to the well-being of individuals and communities. The aim of this paper is to examine the determinants of well-being of urban households in Sri Lanka. The sample of the study consisted with randomly selected 132 household heads...

From 1995 to 2005, the average urban household saving rate in China rose by 8 percentage points, to about one quarter of disposable income. We use household-level data to explain why households are postponing consumption despite rapid income growth. Tracing cohorts over time indicates a virtual...