This paper analyzes the distribution of real household incomes and consumption growth in Azerbaijan between 2004 and 2009. Decile-specific price deflators were used to calculate real incomes and consumption dynamics. The analysis, which was based on growth incidence curves, showed that economic...

One of the drawbacks of using household surveys to investigate macroeconomic issues has been a lack of a dataset that contains both adequate household expenditure data and comprehensive household wealth and income data. This paper compares alternative methods of imputing household expenditures...

People who live in low income economies often have to cope, not only with severe poverty, but also with extremely variable income. The high prevalence of risk in low economies implies that people's ability to manage uncertainty is critical for both productivity and their mere survival. This...