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A dynamic analysis of household decision making in urban Colombia, 1976-1998: changes in household structure, human capital and its returns, and female labor force participation
(Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE, 1999)
The objective of this research paper is to examine the changes and dynamics of household structure, human capital and the returns to education, labor earnings, women labor force participation and investment in human capital. ...
Vegetable storage practices and the reproduction of household autonomy in early village contexts from northwest Argentina
(American Research Institute for Policy Development, 2018-06)
Storage is an extended and variable practice which constitutes a key aspect for understanding economic strategies, social structures, and political negotiations in different cultural and temporal settings, but especially ...
Dinâmica da oferta de trabalho familiar no Brasil em um contexto de mudanças demográficas
(Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrasilFACE - FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS ECONOMICASPrograma de Pós-Graduação em EconomiaUFMG, 2018-08-27)
This thesis explores different dimensions of family labor supply in Brazil, with a specific focus on the observed changes in family arrangements. The fundamental hypothesis to be tested is whether the changes in family ...
Fertility and household savings: the case of Chile
(Universidad de Chile, 2016)
There is consensus among economists and policy makers that higher saving rates foster domestic investment and economic growth. Therefore, understanding the determinants of savings is a fundamental concern for economic ...
Quando menos é mais: análise do impacto da transição demográfica no consumo de energia elétrica domiciliar do brasileiro
(BrasilUFRNPROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM DEMOGRAFIA, 2015-02-23)
The beginning of the discussion about the population-environment relationship is intertwined with the own appearance of the demographics science and historically this relationship has was discussed under the light of ...
Female-headed single-parent households and poverty in Costa Rica
(2008-04)
Average real family incomes rose in Costa Rica in the late 1990 sand at the start of the new decade, but poverty rates did not fall. Hereit is argued that economic growth in the country did not translate intoreduced poverty ...
Impacto de la estructura familiar en la satisfacción con los ingresos en los hogares urbanos en PerúImpact of the Family Structure on Satisfaction with Household Income in Urban Peru
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo EditorialPE, 2018)
Heterogeneity and the Energy Consumption of Brazilian Households: A Structural Analysis
(2018-04-18)
This paper develops a structural economic model of the residential sector of an economy. The model features households that are heterogeneous with regard to their income. Given their incomes, households decide how much to ...