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Economic security, household income and household characteristics
… was analyzed in this study taking into account household income and characteristics. Economic security was defined as the household's ability to sustain a given level of consumption in the case of an economic emergency; specifically, loss of income. Measures of two different kinds of economic …
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Household Food Waste
… examines avoidable food waste in German households through four empirical studies using surveys, diary data, meta-analysis, and econometric modelling. It shows that household food waste is not mainly driven by lack of knowledge or simple miscalculation. Instead, it results from the …
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Household economies of scale, food consumption and intra-household allocation of time
… tests three utility theoretic models of the household behavior. Larger households economize money and time by sharing expenses and specializing labor within and outside of the home. A “paradox” arises when the budget share of food declines with household size in the consumer expenditure …
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Essays in Household Finance
… the use of deposit accounts among Chilean households. Using an institutional setting of limited supply side barriers for access to deposit accounts and a rich household data set, I find that households from areas with higher levels of civic capital, measured as the rate of registration to …
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Essays on household finance
This dissertation consists of three essays. The first chapter studies whether credit demand is sensitive to interest rates, to the prominence of interest rate disclosure, and to nudges. Consumer credit regulations usually require that lenders disclose interest rates. However, lenders can evade the …
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Intra-Household Decision Making
… one (Chapter three), "Gains and Losses from Household Formation," I introduce a general equilibrium model, wherein a household may consist of more than one member, each with their own preferences and endowments. In these models at first, individuals form households. Then, collective decisions …
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A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Household Asset Demand as Relatedto Household Characteristics
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Household recycling behaviour in South Africa: Evidence from the 2018 General Household Survey
… paper is an investigation of the determinants of household recycling behaviour in South Africa. Waste generation around the world is growing exponentially. The proportion of South African households who recycle is very low and landfilling is the primary method of waste disposal. This is …
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MODELING MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION
… going to use U.S. Census data to study median household income distribution for 13 U.S. counties and seven U.S. states. Over the years, researchers have fitted income data with various probability distributions. During our review of the literature, we saw that researchers do not agree on any …
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Three essays on household welfare
… of poverty and the impact of shocks on household welfare. Below are the individual abstracts for each chapter. Chapter 1: Subjective Poverty and Natural Disasters: Evidence from the 2007 Earthquake in Peru This paper examines the causal impact of natural disasters on subjective poverty, …
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Household savings and portfolio choice
This thesis consists of three essays that examine household savings and portfolio choice behavior. Chapter One analyses the effects of employer matching contributions and tax incentives on participation and contribution behavior in employer-sponsored 401(k) savings plans. Employer sponsored …
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Household saving and factor prices
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1998.
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The Household knights of Edward I.
The royal household lay at the heart of the king's army in the late thirteenth century. The military importance of the knights attached to Edward's household has been examined by M.0 Prestwich. Although Prestwich acknowledged that the knights did serve in other areas of royal government no …
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Household tenure and the mortgage prepayment
Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Howard Ding (hding2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-07T14:57:57Z Item is restricted indefinitely.
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Enhanced household automation through robotic manipulation
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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