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Show 85 3.2.1 Consumption-Based Empirical routinely studies Measure of Welfare on consumption-based use choice. In fact, there are a data inequality and poverty in as a measure developing of economic welfare. This is measure number of theoretical and consumption (over income) 1997). income practical justifications of welfare (Deaton economic welfare. In particular, 'did you purchase '; 'did you consume from expenditures ... gift on necessarily size. Thus consume wage in kind ' ... from expenses, consumption modified, choosing consumption, and Glewwe were further measure the measure of consumption questions: ... '; 'did you only expenditures of welfare. I followed welfare, since they the welfare on production/stock own 1995) payments for taxes, data for Moreover, the data include consumption consumption-based measure reflect current expenses. The the data prompt three standard Study Surveys (Grosh health, ceremonial arbitrary for the construction of consumption-based both food and nonfood items. However, used to construct the Measurement or no and Zaidi 1999; Deaton Since both the RHS and the UHS have detailed information provide extensive information countries are food are Living Standards expenditures on etc. These not part of 'regular' household adjusted is the per and excluded on expenditures do not to take into account household capita consumption expenditure of the household.37 Table 9 reports estimates of per 37 capita consumption expenditure (PCE) per month I am very grateful to Stefan Dercon, who let me use his 'consumption aggregates' for rural areas. He used the aggregate for another paper (Dercon and Krishnan 1998). On the other hand, I constructed the consumption aggregate for urban areas myself. |
