A household panel data set is used to investigate the effects of economic growth on firewood collection in Nepal … but the top decile were associated with increased firewood collections, contrary to the Poverty-Environment hypothesis; (b …) sources of growth matter: increased livestock was associated with increased collections, and falling household size, increased …

Using census data from Nepal we examine how the partial derivatives of predicted household welfare vary with parental … household welfare remains strong even after we control for educational rank within their birth cohort. …

continuities in household composition. In particular, households in the pre-industrial era were no more likely than present … resulted in a household composition which resembles that produced by early widowhood in the seventeenth century. Nor has the … to illustrate household types. The paper concludes by suggesting that a standard set of tables should be agreed upon and …

Numerous authors have pointed out the importance of taking into consideration the intra-household distribution of … resources in the analysis of poverty. Most empirical studies of poverty, however, assume an equal sharing of resources between … all household members. There is a growing body of research indicating that this assumption is not realistic. Nevertheless …

power to that when totally unemployed, we establish the appropriate cut-off point for the poverty trap and upper rate …

in alleviating poverty, while saving at very low rates and neglecting investment in health and education. Such … consumption patterns seem to be related to the persistence of poverty. We offer an explanation for this observation, based on a … can help explain the persistence of poverty. …

important since democracy is, on the whole, for specified reasons likely to enhance poverty reduction. …

household and individual welfare (including potential differences between household members) and then identifies six trade-to-poverty …This paper traces the links from trade shocks to poverty in developing countries. It considers the determinants of … employment and wages); changes in government revenue and expenditure; changes in risk and vulnerability; effects on economic …