Determinants of Household Demand for Services - Formal Versus Informal Sector

Socio-economic Determinants of Health Expenditure for Low-income Householdsin the Informal Sector

Background & Aims: People`s health, life expectancy and quality of life have been affected by social determinants of health, significantly. Also, socio-economic factors may affect health expenditure, considerably. This study has evaluated the effects of socio-economic determinants on health expenditure for the low-income urban householdsin the informalsector of employment. Methods: In this stud...

Household demand for waste recycling services.

Municipalities everywhere are coping with increasing amounts of solid waste and need urgently to formulate efficient and sustainable solutions to the problem. This study examines the use of economic incentives in municipal waste management. Specifically, we address the issue of recycling, if and when this waste management option is-on social welfare grounds-a preferred solution.A number of stud...

Determinants of Household Access to and Participation in Formal and Informal Credit Markets in Malawi

The paper uses the concept of credit limit to analyze the determinants of household access to and participation in informal and formal credit markets in Malawi. Households are found to be credit constrained, on average, both in the formal and informal sectors; they borrow, on average, less than half of any increase in their credit lines. Furthermore, they are not discouraged in their participat...

The Demand for (Micro) Health Insurance in the Informal Sector

We identify the need for a theory of demand for health insurance suited to the informal sector in lowand middle income countries (LMIC) where some 3 billion people lack health cover. Excluded from formal governance structures, they rely on informal arrangements by which rulesin-use shape choices, behaviours and decisions. We explore the fundamental assumptions of standard economic theories of d...

Rural Women, Informal Sector and Household Economy in Tanzania