INSTITUTION’S BUSINESS ROLE TO IMPROVE SMALLSCALE FISHERMAN’S HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Modelling Household Income Dynamics

This paper is about income and poverty dynamics and their socioeconomic correlates. The first half of the paper aims to establish some of the salient facts for Britain, applying the pioneering methods of Bane and Ellwood (1986). Important for poverty dynamics are changes in labour earnings from persons other than the household head, changes in non-labour income (including benefits), and changes...

Cutting household ventilation to improve energy efficiency.

If global emissions of greenhouse gases continue on their present trajectory, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projects that the world may be more than 4°C warmer in 2100 than in 1861-80. To hold warming to less than 2°C on average, the level often cited as the threshold of dangerous climate change, emissions must be reduced radically. For example, theWorld Bank estimated th...

Dwelling Prices and Household Income

The purchase of a dwelling is, for many households, the largest financial decision they will make, and their home is their most valuable asset. Household net worth is therefore closely linked to dwelling prices, while a sizeable share of household income is devoted to mortgage interest payments. Developments in the housing market can also have significant effects on the wider economy, while res...

Income Inequality and Household Debt

Children's Advancement Through School in Brazil: The Role of Transitory Shocks to Household Income

The views expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the Inter-American Development Bank. Please address correspondence to [email protected] This paper investigates the effects of short-run economic shocks on children's progress through school in urban Brazil using a unique panel data set. The severe problem of grade repetition in Brazil contri...