paper finds that through bulk purchasing the average household could spend 8.7 percent less without reducing purchasing …

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 …

The literature suggests that the household invests in the human capital of a child member not only for altruistic … is a function of the risk preference of the household head. This paper estimates the effect of parental risk preference … on child labour decisions in the household using recall information on child labour and a risk elicitation question. We …

rigorous micro-econometric evidence on the causal impact of financial inclusion on household welfare in Ethiopia. This study … determinants and the causal impact of financial inclusion on multiple measures of household welfare. The results suggest that … accounts, but negatively associated with the distance from the household’s residence to the nearest formal financial …