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 …

in human capital. This study analyses the program’s impact on consumption using the 2011 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey … on health spending, both in per capita terms and as a share of expenditure. The impact of Pantawid Pamilya on consumption … conditionalities but there is very little room to improve consumption of other basic needs. The recent program modification of …

useful for analysis and policy. While estimating housing consumption for tenants amounts to observing rents, estimating … housing consumption for owner-occupiers is challenging because it is not directly observable and interest payments vary with … re-paid principals. In order to examine the housing consumption for owneroccupiers, this article combines micro data sets …

increasing long-term consumption by about 1.6 cents. Results suggest that cash transfers can achieve long-term increases in … consumption through investment in productive activities, thereby permitting beneficiary households to attain higher living …

Cash transfers to eligible households indirectly increase the consumption of ineligible households living in the same …

-protein food consumption are larger than the prediction from the Engel curves at baseline; and the curves do not change in eligible …

consumption. Despite the prominence of the theory, there is little empirical work on responses to in-kind transfers, and most …