and temporally consistent measurement of household consumption and poverty. A field experiment in Tanzania tests eight … measurement is a challenge and household expenditure surveys vary widely across many dimensions, including the level of reporting …Consumption expenditure has long been the preferred measure of household living standards. However, accurate …

and temporally consistent measurement of household consumption and poverty. A field experiment in Tanzania tests eight … measurement is a challenge and household expenditure surveys vary widely across many dimensions, including the level of reporting …Consumption expenditure has long been the preferred measure of household living standards. However, accurate …

-income countries. Based on a unique randomized survey experiment implemented in Tanzania, this study offers new and rigorous evidence …Survey data on household consumption are often unavailable or incomparable over time in many low- and middle …, household assets and housing, yield accurate predictions. Imputation accuracy is robust to varying survey questionnaire length …

-income countries. Based on a unique randomized survey experiment implemented in Tanzania, this study offers new and rigorous evidence …Survey data on household consumption are often unavailable or incomparable over time in many low- and middle …, household assets and housing, yield accurate predictions. Imputation accuracy is robust to varying survey questionnaire length …

Accurate poverty measurement relies on household consumption data, but such data are often inadequate, outdated or …-poverty rates, as well as mean consumption levels and the entire consumption distribution. Analyzing 22 multi-topic household … surveys conducted over the past decade in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Vietnam, we find encouraging …

Accurate poverty measurement relies on household consumption data, but such data are often inadequate, outdated or …-poverty rates, as well as mean consumption levels and the entire consumption distribution. Analyzing 22 multi-topic household … surveys conducted over the past decade in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Vietnam, we find encouraging …

-in-the-Field experiment to study whether increasing the wife's control over resources causes a couple to allocate more to their child. The … household decision-making; it is better for the child that the most patient spouse has more relative bargaining power. Our … results highlight the importance of taking a broader set of preferences into Account when studying household decision …

Economic volatility remains a fact of life in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). Household-level shocks create large consumption … fluctuations, raising the incidence of poverty. Drawing on micro-level data from South Africa and Tanzania, we examine the … vulnerability to shocks across household types (e.g. by education, ethnic group, and economic activity) and we quantify the impact …