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The impact of improved beehive technology adoption on rural household income, consumption expenditure and asset wealth in Wonchi districts, Ethiopia
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of adopting enhanced beehive technology on the welfare of rural households engaged in...
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Retirement and Household Expenditure in Turbulent Times
We examine how expenditure changes at retirement during an institutionally and economically uncertain period when a series of pension reforms and...
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Family Size and Food Consumption: Exploring Economies of Scale with Panel Data
We analyze the effects of family size on food consumption. Specifically, we explore the economies of scale that emerge in families, taking advantage...
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Modeling multivariate tourism expenditure using vine copula: empirical findings from of Fribourg-Switzerland
The measurement of economic contribution of tourism in a given geographical area needs, besides non-monetary measures such frequentation ones, a...
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Determinants of Out-of-pocket Health Expenditure Among Older Adults: Evidence From the Nigeria Living Standards Survey 2018–19
The study examined the determinants of out-of-pocket health expenditure among older adults in Nigeria. The data came from the Nigeria Living...
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The Impact of Adult Death on Household Consumption, Expenditure, and Income in India: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Survey
Using nationally representative panel data from the India Human Development Survey (IHDS) for the period 2004–2005 to 2011–2012, we quantified the...
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Household Consumption and the Discrepancy Between Economic and Subjective Poverty: The Mediating Roles of Perceived Social Status and Social Connectedness
This study examines the influence of conspicuous and experiential consumption on the discrepancy between economic and subjective poverty as well as...
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Self-perceptions and perceptions of peers: their role in understanding expenditure behaviours
In the last decades, the analysis of individual consumption behaviours has been enriched by considering several non-rational features of (i)...
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A quantitative analysis on the effect of COVID-19 in a private health insurance plan expenditure
This paper explores the effect of COVID-19 on health care expenditure using data from a private Health Insurance Plan (HIP). As well known, at the...
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The Relationship Between Happiness and Consumption Expenditure: Evidence from Rural China
We use data from the 2016 China Labor-force Dynamics Survey (CLDS) to examine the relationship between happiness and consumption expenditure of rural...
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How do house prices affect subjective wellbeing in urban China? Mediating effects of subjective socioeconomic status and household consumption
Over the past two decades, house prices in Chinese large cities have increased rapidly and become progressively unaffordable for the majority of...
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Food Poverty, Vulnerability, and Food Consumption Inequality Among Smallholder Households in Ghana: A Gender-Based Perspective
We examined gender-based household welfare differences in Ghana among smallholder households. We measured disparities in welfare outcomes (food...
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Exploring the Effects of Consumption Expenditures on Life Satisfaction in China
This study, using data from China Family Panel Studies, investigates how different types of consumption expenditures affect individuals’ life...
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How Do Consumption Patterns Influence the Discrepancy Between Economic and Subjective Poverty?
This study examines an income and wellbeing paradox—the discrepancy between economic and subjective poverty—from a consumption perspective. The...
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Estimating Household Consumption Expenditure at Local Level In Italy: The Potential of the Cokriging Spatial Predictor
Measuring well-being and living conditions at local level is essential for policy makers who wish to study inequalities and formulate targeted and...
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A Consumption-Based Definition of the Middle Class
Research on the middle class has typically defined middle class membership in terms of income. In this paper, we develop a consumption-based measure...
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Vegetarianism and Non-Vegetarian Consumption in India
The chapter discusses the resilience of vegetarianism in India and its connection to geographic, gender, and social disparities. The prevalence of...
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Impact of Digital Financial Inclusion on Consumption Inequality in China
In this paper, we investigate the effect of digital finance inclusion (DFI) on household consumption inequality in China. Based on the biennial panel...
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How Does the Change in Household Age-Sex Composition Affect Out of Pocket Healthcare Expenditure of Older Adults in India?
Household age-sex composition in India is changing fast due to persistently declining fertility and improvement in life expectancy, rural–urban...
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Residential energy consumption by Japan’s super-aging society: visioning a more sustainable future up to 2040
Japan is a leading exemplar of rapidly aging countries, holding very low fertility rate. Under such circumstances, the present paper examines two...
