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Farm Household Well-Being: Comparing Consumption- and Income-Based Measures [PDF]

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Household economic well-being can be gauged by the financial resources (income/ wealth) available to the household or by the standard of living enjoyed by household members (consumption).
Paszkiewicz, Laura   +2 more
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Socio-demographic determinants of electricity consumption across vietnamese households.

open access: yesPLoS ONE
Reducing household energy consumption is generally considered a key force in limiting the adverse effects of human beings on climate change. As such, understanding the socio-demographic determinants of household electricity consumption across Vietnamese ...
Duc Hong Vo
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Effect of climate shocks on rural household welfare dynamics in Ethiopia: evidence from panel data

open access: yesCogent Food & Agriculture
Climate shocks have been shown to reduce agricultural output and cause production fluctuations in developing countries. When livelihoods depend on rain-fed agriculture, like in Ethiopia, climate shocks will translate into consumption shocks.
Aemro Tazeze Terefe   +3 more
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U.S. HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION OF FRESH FRUITS [PDF]

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This study uses the 1987-88 U.S. Department of Agriculture Nationwide Food Consumption Survey data to analyze the impacts of income, prices, and selected socioeconomic characteristics on household consumption of fresh fruits.
Huang, Chung L.   +2 more
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The effect of shocks on household consumption in rural Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper examines the impact of both exogenous idiosyncratic and covariate shock events on the consumption of farm households in rural Nigeria by using an ordinary least square method.
Abdulaziz, Shehu   +1 more
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Questions about Household Consumption in Surveys [PDF]

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Household total expenditure (consumption) is a very important phenomenon in many research areas. The problem is how to get precise information about the consumption from each household and at the same time not to make the questionnaire so long and ...
Mirko Savić
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Individual Decisions and Household Demand for Consumption And Leisure [PDF]

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The standard microeconomic assumption of a household utility function raises two theoretical problems: it contradicts methodological individualism and it ignores economic phenomena like income and consumption sharing, division of labour, externalities ...
Maria Concetta Chiuri
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Methods of household consumption measurement through surveys : experimental results from Tanzania [PDF]

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Consumption expenditure has long been the preferred measure of household living standards. However, accurate measurement is a challenge and household expenditure surveys vary widely across many dimensions, including the level of reporting, the length of ...
De Weerdt, Joachim   +3 more
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The Rising Carbon Footprint of Philippine Households: An Estimation Using Consumption Expenditure and Input-Output Analysis

open access: yesAnnals of Tropical Research, 2016
This study aimed to estimate the carbon footprint of Philippine households from consuming various goods and services. Data from the Philippine Input-Output Table and Global Trade Analysis Project’s carbon emission coefficients were used to extract the ...
Moises Neil V. Seriño
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Does fertility decrease household consumption? [PDF]

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This paper presents an empirical analysis of the relationship between fertility and a direct measure of poverty for Indonesia, a country, which has experienced unprecedented economic growth and sharp fertility declines over recent decades.
Jungho Kim   +3 more
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