We postulate a general salience framework where agents are biased in their perception about the impact of consumption on their (intertemporal and otherwise) budget constraints. Three applications are provided. First, we trace and illustrate the consequences of applying this salience framework to...

This paper examines the effect of international migration on the welfare of family members left behind at the origin. Previous literature has produced inconclusive evidence, with some studies suggesting that migration reduces income poverty while others show that non-migrants bear a larger work...

Every three years, Indonesia fields simultaneously two nationwide surveys which collect consumption data. Onecollects consumption using 23 questions, the other using 320 questions. Based on a repeated experiment inwhich the two questionnaires were randomly assigned across households, I examine...