CONSUMPTION, LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINT AND WELFARE IN BRAZIL

Consumption, liquidity constraint and welfare in Brazil

This paper investigates empirically what are the welfare gains of cycle smoothing in Brazil.We follow Lucas (1987) decomposing logarithmic aggregate consumption Patio Heaters in a trend and a cycle, and then calculating what are the welfare gains of eliminating cyclical variability.Differently from Lucas, the trend component here is not determinist

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DOES IT MATTER WHERE I LIVE? COMPARING THE IMPACT OF HOUSING QUALITY ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN SLUM AND NON-SLUM AREAS IN GHANA

Deteriorating physical characteristics and limited access to social services are said to typify a substantial number of the housing types in Ghana.The impact of these on vulnerable groups such as children remains largely unresearched.This paper comparesthe quality of houses in a slum (Old Fadama) and a non-slum (Asylum Down) community and Jump Star

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