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B.E., Uwameiye. "SOME SELECTED FACTORS AFFECTING EATING BEHAVIOR OF ADOLESCENT: IMPLICATION FOR HOME ECONOMICS." International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH 6, no. 12 (December 31, 2018): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v6.i12.2018.1069.

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This research identified some selected factors affecting the eating behavior of adolescent in Esan West Local Government Area. Four questions and four null hypotheses guided the study. A total of 679 students were utilized. A 30-item questionnaire was the instrument for gathering the data. Mean, standard deviations answered the research questions, while the t-test was utilized for testing the null hypotheses at.05 level of significance. Findings revealed among others that the respondents have poor eating behavior such as skipping of breakfast among urban and rural respondents (1.06, 1.02), low consumption of fruits and vegetable, (3.01, 3.20) Consume fried foods daily (3.33, 2.56). Low intake of carbohydrates among the urban respondents (2.55) then, the rural respondents (3.22), regular consumption of sweets, biscuits, snacks, soda and sweetened drinks daily among respondents. (3.05, 2.60). Other findings are that respondents agreed that all the maternal, environmental and media factors affect the eating behavior of the adolescent. The result also indicates that hypothesis one had significant differences in items 3,5,6&7. Which mean that the stated null hypothesis at.05 level of significance is rejected for those items. The results in items 1,2,4,8,9&10 indicated there is no significant difference in their mean responses, therefore the null hypothesis of no significance difference is retained for those items. In the last three hypotheses all the items had t calculated less than t-table value of 1.96 at.05 level of significance. Thus, the hypotheses of no significant difference were retained in the three hypotheses. The study recommended among others that: Parents should be advised to guide and monitor their children in the use of the media, by occupying their children with other physical activities to reduce television viewing, video games and the use of computer, so as to guide against the acquisition of wrong nutrition information that can lead to poor eating behavior.

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Inwood, Kris, and Phyllis Wagg. "The Survival of Handloom Weaving in Rural Canada Circa 1870." Journal of Economic History 53, no. 2 (June 1993): 346–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022050700012961.

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Handloom weaving with a mixture of wool and cotton yarn was common in late nineteenth-century Canada. The hand technology survived using industrial inputs and part-time female labor whose opportunity cost was relatively low in rural areas. The demand for homespun was income-sensitive and reinforced by the cold Canadian climate. The patterns of weaving by men and women differed, but both produced for the market in addition to home consumption. Cloth constituted a significant share of farm production, especially in low-income areas.

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Sauer, Christine M., Thomas Reardon, David Tschirley, Saweda Liverpool‐Tasie, Titus Awokuse, Roselyne Alphonce, Daniel Ndyetabula, and Betty Waized. "Consumption of processed food & food away from home in big cities, small towns, and rural areas of Tanzania." Agricultural Economics 52, no. 5 (July 10, 2021): 749–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/agec.12652.

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Gao, Yang, Zhihao Zheng, and Shida R. Henneberry. "Is nutritional status associated with income growth? Evidence from Chinese adults." China Agricultural Economic Review 12, no. 3 (April 28, 2020): 507–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/caer-11-2019-0216.

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PurposeThis study estimates the income elasticities of calorie, macronutrients (carbohydrate, protein and fat) and key micronutrients including cholesterol, vitamin A, vitamin C, sodium, potassium, calcium, iron, zinc and insoluble fiber separately for urban and rural adults aged 18–60, using China Health and Nutrition Survey data set from 2004 to 2011.Design/methodology/approachA semiparametric model, a two-way fixed-effects model and a quantile regression approach are employed to estimate nutrient–income elasticities.FindingsThe income elasticities of calorie, protein, fat, cholesterol and calcium are in the range of 0.059–0.076, 0.059–0.076, 0.090–0.112, 0.134–0.230, 0.183–0.344 and 0.058–0.105, respectively. The income elasticity of each of the other nutrients is less than 0.1. The income elasticities of calorie and the majority of nutrients included are larger for rural residents than for urban residents and for low-income groups than for medium- and high-income groups. Overall, in spite of having a relatively small impact, income growth is shown to still have an impact on improving the nutritional status of Chinese adults.Originality/valueThis study estimates nutrient–income elasticities separately for urban and rural adults, expanding the scope of the study regarding the impact of income on the nutritional status in China. Moreover, this study uses a pooled sample generated from the personal food consumption records covering foods consumed at home and away from home during 2004–2011, which is thus likely to more comprehensively reveal the causal relationship between income growth and changes in the nutritional status in China.

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Osunu, Patricia Tonbra, and Ezekiel Uba Nwose. "Advancing indigenous fruits consumption to promote self-management in ill-health: a critical narrative review." International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology 10, no. 6 (May 25, 2021): 738. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20212087.

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Most African communities consume various edible fruits, which are important to their well-being. Some of these edible fruits are indigenous and were well-known to the rural communities. These indigenous fruits can be collected from the wild or planted in home gardens and also as intercrops with staple crops. Some indigenous fruits, wild collection is still practiced, especially in parts of eastern, western and southern Africa. However, some fruits are still imported. A casual verbal survey indicated that many people in the general population do not know that actual differences in nutritional values between these fruits. Therefore, this study was a critical review of some fruits using the USDA database. Results show, for instance, that guava has over 250% vitamin C relative to orange. Avocado yields more calories than banana and this is very likely due to the fat/fibre ratio difference. Further, the imported cucumber and watermelon do not seem to have any advantage over the indigenous products. It concluded that the hidden potential of these indigenous fruits needs to be advanced and exploited to improve their consumption as they play a pivotal role in health economics of healthy dietary habit and self-management of ill-health.

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Phillipson, Jeremy, Matthew Gorton, Roger Turner, Mark Shucksmith, Katie Aitken-McDermott, Francisco Areal, Paul Cowie, et al. "The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Implications for Rural Economies." Sustainability 12, no. 10 (May 12, 2020): 3973. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12103973.

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This paper presents a rapid assessment of current and likely future impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on rural economies given their socio-economic characteristics. Drawing principally on current evidence for the UK, as well as lessons from the 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak and the 2007/8 financial crises, it outlines the likely key demand and supply effects, paying attention to the situation for agriculture as well as discussing the implications for rural communities. A distinction is made between the effects on businesses offering goods and services for out-of-home as opposed to in-home consumption. Gendered dimensions are also noted as likely business and household strategies for coping and adaptation. The paper concludes with a brief mapping of a research agenda for studying the longer-term effects of COVID-19 on rural economies.

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Ani, Vincent Anayochukwu, and Bahijjahtu Abubakar. "Feasibility Analysis and Simulation of Integrated Renewable Energy System for Power Generation: A Hypothetical Study of Rural Health Clinic." Journal of Energy 2015 (2015): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/802036.

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This paper presents the feasibility analysis and study of integrated renewable energy (IRE) using solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind turbine (WT) system in a hypothetical study of rural health clinic in Borno State, Nigeria. Electrical power consumption and metrology data (such as solar radiation and wind speed) were used for designing and analyzing the integrated renewable energy system. The health clinic facility energy consumption is 19 kWh/day with a 3.4 kW peak demand load. The metrological data was collected from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) website and used to analyze the performance of electrical generation system using HOMER program. The simulation and optimization results show that the optimal integrated renewable energy system configuration consists of 5 kW PV array, BWC Excel-R 7.5 kW DC wind turbine, 24 unit Surrette 6CS25P battery cycle charging, and a 19 kW AC/DC converter and that the PV power can generate electricity at 9,138 kWh/year while the wind turbine system can generate electricity at 7,490 kWh/year, giving the total electrical generation of the system as 16,628 kWh/year. This would be suitable for deployment of 100% clean energy for uninterruptable power performance in the health clinic. The economics analysis result found that the integrated renewable system has total NPC of 137,139 US Dollar. The results of this research show that, with a low energy health facility, it is possible to meet the entire annual energy demand of a health clinic solely through a stand-alone integrated renewable PV/wind energy supply.

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C. S., Oaya, Omar K. B., and Hammangabdo I. "Evaluation of Seedling Establishment Palatability and Acceptability Tests of Groundnut Seeds as Influenced by Levels of Whole Powder of Hyptis suaveolens L. Poit and Climatic Conditions." Journal of Agriculture and Crops, no. 71 (November 19, 2020): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.32861/jac.71.1.6.

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The tests for the evaluation of seedling establishment, palatability and acceptability were carried out at the Teaching and Research Farm of the Department of Agricultural Technology and the Food Laboratory of the Department of Home and Rural Economics, Adamawa State College of Agriculture, Ganye, Adamawa State. The experimental designs used were Randomized Complete Block Design and the Completely Randomized Design. Some of the parameters measured were percentage seedling establishment, palatability, and acceptability tests. The highest mean percentage seedling establishment was observed in 12.00g levels of H. suaveolens whole powder treated shelled groundnut seeds (97.67, 97.00, and 94.00) at the three periods of storage. Percentage seedling establishment decreased with a decrease in levels of H. suaveolens whole powder. One of the major constraints to the use of plant materials as an alternative to synthetic insecticides is the issue of standardization in dosage of application. This work has suggested that, if groundnut seeds are to be used for sowing, they should be stored with a 12.00g level of H. suaveolens whole powder for every 300.00g for three months. However, if they are to be used for consumption, they could be stored with a 6.00g level of H. suaveolens whole powder for every 300.00g for at most three months. There was no significant difference between treated and untreated shelled groundnut seeds at the three periods of storage on the acceptability and palatability score of cooked groundnut at all dosages of application. All treatments were within the acceptable score rates even though the two rates of the synthetic insecticides, actellic dust were at the lowest acceptable score rate. The finding also showed that acceptability and palatability decreased with an increase in dosage of application. The periods of storage also had a significant impact on the mean percentage seedling establishment. It was observed that there was a higher percentage of seedling establishment when shelled groundnut seeds were stored from November- January. At this period of the year, the temperature and humidity are usually low and this might have necessitated the high state of inactivity and low performance of the bruchids compared to other periods of storage within the year.

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Shiau, Hong-Chi. "Coming Out, Going Home." International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities in Education 5, no. 1 (January 2020): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijbide.2020010101.

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Despite the historical centrality of Western cities as sites of queer cultural settlement, larger global economic and political forces have vociferously shaped, dispersed, and altered dreams of mobility for gay Taiwanese millennials in the age of globalization. While Taiwanese gay millennials follow a seemingly universal “rural-to-urban,” “East-to-West” movement trajectory, this study also explicates local nuanced ramifications running against the common trend. Drawn upon five-year ethnographic studies in Taiwan, this study examines how parents could to some extent conform to societal pressures by co-creating a life narrative to the society. Parents/family appear to contribute to how participants' decision on spatial movement but gay male millennials with supportive parents are eventually “going home.” However, the concept of home is configured by multiple economic and social forces involving (1) the optimal distance with the biological family and (2) the proper performances of consumption policed and imposed by the gay community in the neoliberal Taiwanese society.

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Wang, Yabin. "Home Production and China's Hidden Consumption." Review of Income and Wealth 66, no. 1 (November 25, 2018): 181–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12400.

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Siedlecka, Agnieszka. "PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN THE SCOPE OF REDUCING ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION." Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists XXII, no. 2 (May 12, 2020): 183–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.1385.

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The aim of the article is to provide examples of activities undertaken by rural households in the pursuit of reducing electricity use. Households are one of the economic entities of the economic system that significantly use electricity to meet the needs of their members. Expenses incurred for the purchase of energy constitute one of the significant elements in the structure of total expenses. Households, by limiting the consumption of electricity, firstly, reduce expenses, and secondly, undertake pro-environmental activities. The article uses the results of surveys carried out in a group of 404 households located in rural areas of Poland. In addition, the analysis of primary data was expanded to include data from the Household Budget Survey carried out by the Central Statistical Office. The conducted research has shown that the most common activities aimed at reducing energy consumption were turning off the light in unused rooms as well as the use of energy-saving light bulbs and home appliances. Activities were mainly influenced by the level of ecological awareness, level of education and age.

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Cooke, Dudley. "Consumption home bias and exchange rate behavior." Journal of Macroeconomics 32, no. 1 (March 2010): 415–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmacro.2009.08.001.

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Liao, Qiuyan, Wendy Wing Tak Lam, Tran Huu Bich, Vu Trung Dang, and Richard Fielding. "Comparison of behaviors regarding live poultry exposure among rural residents in Vietnam and Thailand." Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 8, no. 04 (April 15, 2014): 526–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.3855/jidc.3545.

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Introduction: Live poultry exposure and risk behaviors are more prevalent in rural communities, increasing the risk of influenza A/H5N1 infection. We examined the economic and socio-cultural influences on poultry-related practices by comparing the poultry-related practices among Vietnamese and Thai rural residents by family income and consumption preference. Methods: Stratified cluster sampling was performed to select households. Within each household, one adult was randomly selected for a face-to-face interview in five Vietnamese and five Thai rural districts. Using a standardized questionnaire to assess domestic poultry husbandry, live poultry purchase, and demographics, logistic regression enabled comparisons of behaviors related to live poultry exposure and examination of associated factors. Results: Among 994 Vietnamese and 907 Thai rural residents, live poultry exposure (prevalence of raising poultry, improper handling of sick or dead poultry, touching live poultry before buying, and slaughtering poultry at home) was more prevalent among Vietnamese than Thai respondents. After adjusting for other demographics, respondents with higher family incomes were less likely to rear backyard poultry in both Vietnam and Thailand, and with more likely to buy live poultry in Vietnam, but not in Thailand. Consumption preference for live poultry was associated with being more likely to rear backyard poultry in Vietnam and Thailand, and with being more likely to buy live poultry in Thailand, but not in Vietnam. Conclusion: The findings suggest important roles of economic imperatives and cultural preference for live poultry for consumption in supporting poultry rearing and live poultry purchase among rural residents.

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Nefedova, Tatiana G., and Ulyana G. Nikolaeva. "Modern personal subsidiary plots of villagers and townspeople: historical dynamics, functions, spatial differences." Population and Economics 3, no. 1 (April 12, 2019): 91–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/popecon.3.e34903.

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The article deals with the economic, geographical and sociological analysis of personal subsidiary plots of rural residents and citizens in modern post-reform Russia. The authors consider the specifics of individual household plots of rural residents, analyze the reasons for the rise of such establishments, and then decrease in their number. The features and distribution of homestead farms of urban dwellers, who own countryside homes (dacha), in connection with the processes of urbanization and partial de-urbanization are also investigated. An assessment of the contribution of personal subsidiary plots to the total volume of agricultural products is given. The question of a formal or informal status of personal subsidiary plots, as well as their role in the social and economic life of rural and rural-urban dwellers, is raised. It is proved that an individual subsidiary plot in rural areas performs both a usual function of food production for own consumption (meeting up to 30-40% of the need for vegetables and fruits; at plots with poultry and small cattle — up to 60 – 70% of meat and dairy product needs), and plays a socio-communicative function of maintaining reciprocal family relations, and also solves recreational tasks. It is emphasized that the production, distribution, consumption and sales of products from the personal subsidiary plots are usually carried out within the framework of informal economic relations and that statistics are poorly capable of taking them into account.

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Chitra, M., C. A. Malarvizhi, and N. Aruthdha Shree. "Economic Analysis on Covid-19 in Rural Economy." Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 8, no. 4 (April 1, 2021): 46–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.34293/sijash.v8i4.3859.

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IntroductionThe government of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus outbreak in four phases as Phase 1: 25 March 2020-14 April 2020 (21 days), Phase 2: 15 April 2020-3 May 2020 (19 days), Phase 3: 4 May 2020-17 May 2020 (14 days), Phase 4: 18 May 2020-31 May 2020 (14 days) and ban the people from stepping out of their homes and all human economic activities for their breadwinning are paralyzing all over India. The government of Tamil Nadu followed the central government order. It implemented the same, which leads a great loss of economic activities of every individual, specifically in the rural agricultural economy.Objectives• The general objective is to identify the Economic effect of Covid-19 in the study area, specifically.• To examine the socio-economic status of the respondents in Musuvanoothu Panchayat.• To find out the awareness, perception and adapted preventive measures apart from social distance in the study area and• To identify the challenges and problems due to lockdown in the study area.Methods and MaterialsIt is a cross-sectional study with primary data collected from a panchayat. A panchayat named Musuvanoothu was selected from Nilakkottai Taluk, Dindigul District. The panchayat is consists of six hamlets with 1078 ration cardholders receiving their ration items from two ration shops one in head village Musuvanoothu and another one in Kallukottai. The respondents were selected from the head village ration shop accessing people alone and the interviewed number is 615 out of 670. The remaining persons are reluctant to answer the questions raised by the interviewer. A Purposive nonrandom sampling method was used in this paper with simple percentage analysis.Results and DiscussionThree fourth of the respondents are belong to the high potential age group of the labor force and doing farming activities, specifically floriculture and intercropping with vegetables. The yields obtain during the lockdown period leftover on the farm and losing earnings in front of their eyesight. Advances of money taken from the flower and vegetable merchants for farming activities cannot repay/settle by the farmers in the study area. Also, respondents borrowed money from money lenders for their lockdown food consumption expenses.ConclusionHealthy innocent farming communities are suffering from stress and mental health issue due to lockdown. A good amount of economic loss incurred which can be mitigated or avoided if public cold storage is availed in the study area. Small and marginal farmer’s agricultural loans & credit may be waived for their betterment in forthcoming days.

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Ivanova, Diana, and Milena Büchs. "Household Sharing for Carbon and Energy Reductions: The Case of EU Countries." Energies 13, no. 8 (April 14, 2020): 1909. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13081909.

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As households get smaller worldwide, the extent of sharing within households reduces, resulting in rising per capita energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This article examines for the first time the differences in household economies of scale across EU countries as a way to support reductions in energy use and GHG emissions, while considering differences in effects across consumption domains and urban-rural typology. A country-comparative analysis is important to facilitate the formulation of context-specific initiatives and policies for resource sharing. We find that one-person households are most carbon- and energy-intensive per capita with an EU average of 9.2 tCO2eq/cap and 0.14 TJ/cap, and a total contribution of about 17% to the EU’s carbon and energy use. Two-person households contribute about 31% to the EU carbon and energy footprint, while those of five or more members add about 9%. The average carbon and energy footprints of an EU household of five or more is about half that of a one-person average household, amounting to 4.6 tCO2eq/cap and 0.07 TJ/cap. Household economies of scale vary substantially across consumption categories, urban-rural typology and EU countries. Substantial household economies of scale are noted for home energy, real estate services and miscellaneous services such as waste treatment and water supply; yet, some of the weakest household economies of scale occur in high carbon domains such as transport. Furthermore, Northern and Central European states are more likely to report strong household economies of scale—particularly in sparsely populated areas—compared to Southern and Eastern European countries. We discuss ways in which differences in household economies of scale may be linked to social, political and climatic conditions. We also provide policy recommendations for encouraging sharing within and between households as a contribution to climate change mitigation.

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Lewis, Karen K. "Trying to Explain Home Bias in Equities and Consumption." Journal of Economic Literature 37, no. 2 (June 1, 1999): 571–608. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/jel.37.2.571.

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Investors hold a substantially larger proportion of their wealth portfolios in domestic assets than standard portfolio theory would suggest, a phenomenon called “equity home bias.” In the absence of this bias, investors would optimally diversify domestic output risk using foreign equities. Therefore, consumption growth rates would tend to co-move across countries even when output growth rates do not. Empirically, however, consumption growth rates tend to have a lower correlation across countries than do output growth rates, a phenomenon I call “consumption home bias.” In this paper, I discuss these two biases and their potential relationship as suggested by the literature.

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Lee, Inkoo. "Productivity and consumption home bias with goods market frictions." Economic Modelling 41 (August 2014): 316–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2014.05.032.

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Li, Hongbin, Xinzheng Shi, and Binzhen Wu. "The Retirement Consumption Puzzle in China." American Economic Review 105, no. 5 (May 1, 2015): 437–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20151007.

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Using data from China's Urban Household Survey and exploiting China's mandatory retirement policy, we use the regression discontinuity approach to estimate the impact of retirement on household expenditures. Retirement reduces total non-durable expenditures by 20 percent. Among the categories of non-durable expenditures, retirement reduces work-related expenditures and expenditures on food consumed at home but has an insignificant effect on entertainment expenditures. After excluding these three components, retirement does not have an effect on the remaining non-durable expenditures. It suggests that the retirement consumption puzzle might not be a puzzle if a life-cycle model with home production is considered.

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Luo, Chuliang. "Precautionary motivation and consumption insurance: Empirical analysis of household consumption behavior in rural China." Frontiers of Economics in China 2, no. 1 (March 2007): 137–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11459-007-0007-z.

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Carter, Colin A., and Funing Zhong. "Rural Wheat Consumption in China." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 81, no. 3 (August 1999): 582–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1244017.

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Benjamin, J. D., and P. Chinloy. "Home Equity, Household Savings and Consumption." Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 37, no. 1 (August 7, 2007): 21–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11146-007-9059-1.

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Guinnane, Timothy W. "Age at Leaving Home in Rural Ireland, 1901–1911." Journal of Economic History 52, no. 3 (September 1992): 651–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022050700011438.

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Economic historians have stressed the importance of households and household formation but have devoted little attention to the process of leaving home. Leaving home in Ireland is important because of households' role in post-Famine demographic patterns. A matched Irish manuscript census sample for 1901 and 1911 shows that Irish males left home later than females. Statistical tests show that much of this reflects an Irish inheritance system that led many males never to leave home. Other economic forces, such as labor market opportunities, often had opposite impacts on males and females.

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Aladangady, Aditya. "Housing Wealth and Consumption: Evidence from Geographically Linked Microdata." American Economic Review 107, no. 11 (November 1, 2017): 3415–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.20150491.

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Rising home values also raise the cost of living, offsetting their impact on consumption. However, additional home equity collateral can loosen borrowing constraints, increasing spending for households that value their current endowment of housing highly. I use geographically linked microdata to exploit regional heterogeneity in housing markets and identify the causal effect of house price fluctuations on consumer spending. A $1 increase in home values leads to a $0.047 increase in spending for homeowners, but a negligible response for renters. Results reflect large responses among credit constrained households, suggesting looser borrowing constraints are a primary driver of the MPC out of housing wealth. (JEL D12, D14, E21, R31)

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Forrester, Kellie. "HOME TO MARKET: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CONSUMPTION TO OUTPUT RATIO." Macroeconomic Dynamics 23, no. 1 (July 27, 2017): 448–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1365100517000025.

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The United States' postwar period has seen an increase in aggregate market hours worked, a decline in home production hours, and an increase in the consumption to output ratio. A multisector growth model that allows for an increase in total factor productivity in the market sector relative to the home sector can account for these phenomena. Households shift hours to the more productive market sector and purchase measured market goods in favor of unmeasured home goods. This channel accounts for a quarter of the increase in the consumption to output ratio observed in the data from 1950 to 2007.

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Adhikari, Dinesh. "Utilization of Remittance for Rural People’s Needs: Study of Chhathar Rural Municipality of Dhankuta District." Rupantaran: A Multidisciplinary Journal 3 (October 2, 2020): 17–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/rupantaran.v3i0.31736.

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Remittance is an enormous source of income for developing countries as well as Nepal. It contributes largely to the national economy in Nepal and it has also transformed the socio-economic lives of a large number of rural people. Number of remittance receiving household has reached more than 50 percent in the country. The remittances sent home by the migrants affect development of household, community and national levels. At the household level, remittances help to reduce poverty, improve living standard and attain educational needs. remittances could be used for entrepreneurship and productive investment which increases job opportunities and income of the people. Basic needs are fulfilled and released from landless or homeless condition by the use of remittance of rural people. Remittance inflows help to improve the lifestyle of rural people and their account position too. Many of the remittance used to consumption function or unproductive sector in rural area. It is suggested that policies and programs need to be developed for encouraging the utilization of remittances for productive use in order to promote rural growth.

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Maruapula, Segametsi D., Jose C. Jackson, Joanna Holsten, Sheila Shaibu, Leapetswe Malete, Brian Wrotniak, Sarah J. Ratcliffe, George G. Mokone, Nicolas Stettler, and Charlene Compher. "Socio-economic status and urbanization are linked to snacks and obesity in adolescents in Botswana." Public Health Nutrition 14, no. 12 (August 2, 2011): 2260–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980011001339.

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AbstractObjectiveTo describe patterns of food consumption associated with overweight/ obesity (OW/OB) and their links to socio-economic status (SES) and urbanization.DesignA nationwide cross-sectional survey.SettingSecondary schools in cities, towns and villages in Botswana, Africa.SubjectsA total of 746 adolescent schoolchildren.ResultsOW/OB is associated with greater SES, city residence and a snack-food diet pattern. Students belonging to higher SES compared with those from a lower SES background reported significantly (P< 0·01) more daily servings of snack foods (1·55v. 0·76) and fewer servings of traditional diet foods (0·99v. 1·68) and also reported that they ate meals outside the home more often (90 %v. 72 %). Students in cities ate significantly (P< 0·01) more servings of snacks (1·69v. 1·05v. 0·51) and fewer servings of traditional foods (0·67v. 1·52v. 1·61) compared with those in urban and rural villages. The odds of OW/OB were increased 1·16-fold with a snack-food diet, a result that was diminished when controlled for SES.ConclusionsThese data suggest that nutritional transition occurs at different rates across urbanization and SES levels in Botswana. In cities, increasing the availability of fruit while reducing access to or portion sizes of snack items is important. Emphasis on continued intake of traditional foods may also be helpful as rural areas undergo economic and infrastructural development.

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Feng, Ling. "TASTE SHOCKS, ENDOGENOUS LABOR SUPPLY, AND EQUITY HOME BIAS." Macroeconomic Dynamics 18, no. 7 (April 3, 2013): 1466–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1365100512001046.

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The puzzling bias of equity portfolios toward domestic assets (equity home bias) remains substantial. This paper proposes a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model and demonstrates that shocks to consumption tastes (taste shocks) are an effective explanation for the equity home bias puzzle. In the model, home assets provide insurance for home agents to hedge against domestic taste fluctuations, whereas such insurance cannot be offered by foreign assets. The empirical evidence shows that, in explaining equity home bias, hedging against consumption taste risks is more relevant than hedging against labor income risks or real exchange rate risks.

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Shankar, Anita V., Joel Gittelsohn, Elizabeth K. Pradhan, Chandra Dhungel, and Keith P. West. "Home Gardening and Access to Animals in Households with Xerophthalmic Children in Rural Nepal." Food and Nutrition Bulletin 19, no. 1 (January 1998): 34–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/156482659801900106.

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This case–control study compares the home garden and animal husbandry practices of households with and without xerophthalmic children in south-central Nepal, focusing on the relationship between these practices and household intake of vitamin A–rich foods. Eighty-one households with a child between the ages of one and six years diagnosed with xerophthalmia (cases) and 81 households with an age-matched, non-xerophthalmic child (controls) were studied. There was little difference between case and control households in the size of their gardens. However, case households were significantly less likely to plant carotenoid-rich vegetables from October to March than were control households (odds ratio, 0.39; 95% confidence interval, 0.16 to 0.96). The mean consumption of non-carotenoid-rich vegetables, but not of carotenoid-rich vegetables, increased linearly with garden size. Case households were significantly more likely than control households to rent domesticated animals from others (χ2 = 5.91; p < .05). Control households were more likely than case households to own chickens and pigeons (χ2 = 6.6–9.2; p < .05). During specific seasons, household meat consumption was significantly lower in case households, regardless of access to animals. Case households appeared to have significantly lower intakes of key vitamin A–rich foods, particularly green leaves and meat, regardless of their socio-economic level (as determined by ownership of material goods), access to animals, or availability of home gardens.

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Lammers, Peter J., Sarah L. Carlson, Gretchen A. Zdorkowski, and Mark S. Honeyman. "Reducing food insecurity in developing countries through meat production: the potential of the guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)." Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 24, no. 2 (May 27, 2009): 155–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1742170509002543.

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AbstractGlobal poverty and food insecurity continue to remain critical issues, especially in rural areas. Developing and fostering agricultural systems that not only require low to moderate amounts of economic capital and few external inputs but also maintain and enhance the resource base of production are key features of sustainable agricultural development. Sustainable agricultural development, including diversifying smallholder production to include livestock, is a pragmatic approach to address both rural poverty and food insecurity. Livestock play important roles in the lives of humans as converters, recyclers and banks of nutrients. Smallholders raise a diversity of livestock species and often raise multiple species simultaneously. High fecundity, diet flexibility and adaptability to a wide range of housing and management approaches are critical traits of livestock species well suited for producing meat for home consumption and marketing in the context of rural smallholders. Swine (Sus scrofa) and chicken (Gallus domesticus) meet many of these criteria and are well known livestock species. This paper examines the potential for a less common species of livestock, guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) to enhance food security and increase household income of rural smallholders. Although cultural acceptance of guinea pig as a source of nutrition and income is less ubiquitous than that of swine, chicken and other species, the biological, ecological and economic advantages of guinea pig deserve further examination by those working to alleviate global poverty and food insecurity.

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Hong, Jay H., and José-Víctor Ríos-Rull. "Life Insurance and Household Consumption." American Economic Review 102, no. 7 (December 1, 2012): 3701–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.102.7.3701.

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Using life insurance holdings by age, sex, and marital status, we infer how individuals value consumption in different demographic stages. We estimate equivalence scales and bequest motives simultaneously within a fully specified model where agents face US demographics and save and purchase life insurance. Our findings indicate that individuals are very caring for dependents, that economies of scale are large, that children are very costly (or yield very high marginal utility), that wives with children produce lots of home goods, and that females display habits from marriage, while men do not. These findings contrast sharply with standard equivalence scales.

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Lee, Kenneth, Edward Miguel, and Catherine Wolfram. "Appliance Ownership and Aspirations among Electric Grid and Home Solar Households in Rural Kenya." American Economic Review 106, no. 5 (May 1, 2016): 89–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20161097.

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In Sub-Saharan Africa, there are active debates about whether increases in energy access should be driven by investments in electric grid infrastructure or small-scale “home solar” systems (e.g., solar lanterns and solar home systems). We summarize the results of a household electrical appliance survey and describe how households in rural Kenya differ in terms of appliance ownership and aspirations. Our data suggest that home solar is not a substitute for grid power. Furthermore, the environmental advantages of home solar are likely to be relatively small in countries like Kenya, where grid power is primarily derived from non-fossil fuel sources.

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Redmond, William H. "Home Equity, Fungibility, and Consumption: The Increasing Rationalization of Society." Review of Radical Political Economics 39, no. 2 (June 2007): 201–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0486613407302483.

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Wright, Elizabeth J. "Home Economics: Children, Consumption, and Montessori Education in Dorothy Canfield Fisher's Understood Betsy." Children's Literature Association Quarterly 32, no. 3 (2007): 213–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/chq.2007.0045.

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Auffhammer, Maximilian, and Catherine D. Wolfram. "Powering up China: Income Distributions and Residential Electricity Consumption." American Economic Review 104, no. 5 (May 1, 2014): 575–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.104.5.575.

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Current forecasts suggest that the vast majority of growth in energy demand will come from the developing world, and that China will play a major part in that growth. This paper presents evidence suggesting that the shape of the income distribution, which is typically omitted from forecasting models, plays a major role in driving household acquisition of energy-using durable goods in rural China. We use province-level data for rural households to show that the share of the population living above the poverty line is an important determinant of household appliance holdings even controlling for average household income.

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Boerma, Job, and Loukas Karabarbounis. "Inferring Inequality With Home Production." Econometrica 89, no. 5 (2021): 2517–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.3982/ecta15966.

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We revisit the causes, welfare consequences, and policy implications of the dispersion in households' labor market outcomes using a model with uninsurable risk, incomplete asset markets, and home production. Allowing households to be heterogeneous in both their disutility of home work and their home production efficiency, we find that home production amplifies welfare‐based differences, meaning that inequality in standards of living is larger than we thought. We infer significant home production efficiency differences across households because hours working at home do not covary with consumption and wages in the cross section of households. Heterogeneity in home production efficiency is essential for inequality, as home production would not amplify inequality if differences at home only reflected heterogeneity in disutility of work.

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Chung , Chung Kee. "Food and Culture of Traditional Rural Home Economics in the Late Joseon Dynasty." Journal of Humanities 64 (February 28, 2017): 81–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.31310/hum.064.03.

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Horrell, Sara. "Home Demand and British Industrialization." Journal of Economic History 56, no. 3 (September 1996): 561–604. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022050700016946.

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Household budget studies are used to assess working-class demand for manufactures over industrialization. Contrary to demand-side proponents, increased urbanization, enhanced opportunities for women's and children's work, and a declining subsistence sector all retrenched consumption patterns into demand for the products of traditional industries and decreased demand for the products of new manufacturing industries. However, consideration of national expenditure on necessities shows an increasing surplus available for discretionary expenditure between 1801 and 1841. This reflects an increased purchasing power of the middle and upper classes that may have manifested itself as substantially increased demand for domestic manufactures.

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Ling, Chen, Anquan Zhang, and Xiaopeng Zhen. "Peer Effects in Consumption Among Chinese Rural Households." Emerging Markets Finance and Trade 54, no. 10 (May 17, 2018): 2333–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1540496x.2017.1363034.

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Chen, Yanfeng, Qingjie Xia, and Xiaolin Wang. "Consumption and Income Poverty in Rural China: 1995–2018." China & World Economy 29, no. 4 (July 2021): 63–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cwe.12383.

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Lundberg, Shelly. "Psychology and Family Economics." Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 12, Supplement (May 2011): 66–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2516.2011.00357.x.

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AbstractA substantial increase in the availability of data on psychosocial traits in large representative longitudinal samples has opened up new areas of research for economists and new opportunities for collaborations with psychologists. As an example, I incorporate personality into alternative economic models of marriage, with individual traits associated with either productivity in home or market sectors, or preferences for household public goods. Empirically, personality traits have robust effects on individual propensities to marry and to divorce in a representative sample of the German population. Changes in these patterns across cohorts are consistent with a shift in the principal sources of marital surplus from production complementarities to consumption complementarities in the past few decades. Some personality traits related to divorce are also related to limited self-control in other domains, and suggest that departures from rational action should be considered in models of family behavior. In general, further analysis of the impact of personality and other psychological indicators on family relationships may improve our understanding of variation in partnership and parental decision-making, and of their responses to policy and to institutional environments.

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Jimenez Zabalaga, Pablo, Evelyn Cardozo, Luis A. Choque Campero, and Joseph Adhemar Araoz Ramos. "Performance Analysis of a Stirling Engine Hybrid Power System." Energies 13, no. 4 (February 21, 2020): 980. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13040980.

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The Bolivian government’s concerns that are related to reducing the consumption of diesel fuel, which is imported, subsidized, and provided to isolated electric plants in rural communities, have led to the implementation of hybrid power systems. Therefore, this article presents the performance analysis in terms of energy efficiency, economic feasibility, and environmental sustainability of a photovoltaic (PV)/Stirling battery system. The analysis includes the dynamic start-up and cooling phases of the system, and then compares its performance with a hybrid photovoltaic (PV)/diesel/battery system, whose configuration is usually more common. Both systems were initially optimized in size using the well-known energy optimization software tool, HOMER. An estimated demand for a hypothetical case study of electrification for a rural village of 102 households, called “Tacuaral de Mattos”, was also considered. However, since the characteristics of the proposed systems required a detailed analysis of its dynamics, a dynamic model that complemented the HOMER analysis was developed using MATLAB Simulink TM 8.9. The results showed that the PV/Stirling battery system represented a higher performance option to implement in the electrification project, due to its good environmental sustainability (69% savings in CO2 emissions), economic criterion (11% savings in annualized total cost), and energy efficiency (5% savings in fuel energy conversion).

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Su, Baozhong. "Pensions and household consumption in rural China." China Agricultural Economic Review 9, no. 4 (November 6, 2017): 522–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/caer-09-2017-0160.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the new rural social pension program’s effect on household consumption in rural China. Design/methodology/approach The paper employs field data in Hebei Province and comprehensively applies the ordinary least squares regression model and the difference-in-difference matching method. Findings The findings show that participation in the Program may not obviously increase household consumption, rather it significantly inhibits the marginal propensity of young families’ consumption temporarily without an apparent impact on participating households’ consumption. Practical implications In addition to maintain the stability of the basic system framework of the new rural social pension program and preserve or increase the value of the fund under the Program, dynamic adjustments to pension levels should be made as and when appropriate. Originality/value The study provides a new empirical evidence for the relationship between the new rural social pension program and consumption and gives insight into potential modifications and improvements to the Program.

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HUFFMAN, SONYA KOSTOVA. "Evaluation of Consumption and Welfare Changes Under Economic Transition in Rural Poland." Eastern European Economics 43, no. 3 (May 2005): 5–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00128775.2005.11041108.

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Rao, Shobha, Smita Joshi, Pradnya Bhide, Bhairavi Puranik, and Asawari Kanade. "Social dimensions related to anaemia among women of childbearing age from rural India." Public Health Nutrition 14, no. 2 (October 13, 2010): 365–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980010002776.

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AbstractObjectiveTo examine various sociodemographic aspects related to consumption of micronutrient-rich foods like green leafy vegetables (GLV), which will be helpful in modifying dietary habits, a strategy that merits consideration for prevention of anaemia.DesignCross-sectional study for collecting data on socio-economic and anthropometric (weight, height) variables, Hb, dietary pattern (FFQ) and peripheral smear examination for classifying nutritional and iron-deficiency anaemia (IDA).SettingThree villages near Pune city, Maharashtra, India.SubjectsRural women (n 418) of childbearing age (15–35 years).ResultsMean Hb was 11·07 g/dl. Seventy-seven per cent of the women were anaemic (Hb < 12 g/dl) and 28 % had IDA, indicating that a large proportion of the women had nutritional anaemia. Higher prevalence of IDA was associated with several sociodemographic and maternal parameters, but multiple logistic regression analysis showed significant (P < 0·05) risk of IDA with lower body weight (<40 kg), short maternal height (<145 cm), younger age at marriage (<19 years) and higher parity (≥2). Various socio-cultural reasons associated with low consumption of GLV included non-cultivation of GLV, priority for selling them rather than home consumption, dislike of GLV by husband and children, and lack of awareness about different recipes for GLV.ConclusionsOur findings highlight that low consumption of GLV, which are treasures of micronutrients including Fe, is associated with genuine social reasons. This indicates a need for developing action programmes to improve nutritional knowledge and awareness leading to enhanced consumption of Fe-rich foods for preventing anaemia in rural India.

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Zeraia, H., C. Larbes, and A. Malek. "Optimal Design of Wind/PV/Diesel/Battery Power System for telecommunication application in a remote Algeria." International Journal of Communications 15 (March 19, 2021): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.46300/9107.2021.15.1.

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Algeria has embarked on an ambitious renewable energy program in order to increase total food production. It has a large number of remote small villages and islands that lack in the electricity, and probability of connecting them with the high voltage gridlines in the near future is very poor due to financial and technical constraints. This paper proposes the use of a PV, wind and diesel generator hybrid system with storage element in order to determine the optimal configuration of renewable energy in ALGERIA. The principals’ interests of this system are the independence production, and the supplying of electric energy in isolated localities. Have at one’s the energetic and economic models, and simulation tools, we effected an optimization study based on mixed productions. For this approach, the energetic resources of sites where are implanted telecommunications systems and their consumption are supposed known. Then the problem is the optimization of electric generators using these resources, enable to have an optimal type system for the powering of telecommunications equipments in rural site of Algeria. Homer (hybrid optimization model for electric renewable) simulation software was used to determine the technical feasibility of the system and to perform the economical analysis of the system.

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Skoufias, Emmanuel, Vincenzo Di Maro, Teresa González-Cossío, and Sonia Rodríguez Ramírez. "Nutrient consumption and household income in rural Mexico." Agricultural Economics 40, no. 6 (November 2009): 657–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00406.x.

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Cao, Jing, Mun S. Ho, Wenhao Hu, and Dale Jorgenson. "Estimating flexible consumption functions for urban and rural households in China." China Economic Review 61 (June 2020): 101453. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2020.101453.

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Phan, Chung Thanh, Sizhong Sun, Zhang-Yue Zhou, and Rabiul Beg. "Does microcredit increase household food consumption? A study of rural Vietnam." Journal of Asian Economics 62 (June 2019): 39–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asieco.2019.04.003.

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Moriizumi, Yoko, Piyush Tiwari, and Norifumi Yukutake. "Smoothing consumption fluctuations through household decisions on home improvement expenditure in Japan." International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 7, no. 1 (February 25, 2014): 76–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijhma-10-2012-0055.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the housing improvement expenditure as a consumption smoothing strategy for Japanese households. Design/methodology/approach – Tobit estimation method is used to empirically investigate the role of home improvement expenditure in smoothing consumption for households in Japan using data from Japan Housing Demand Survey for 2003. Findings – Findings suggest that: households in Japan use home improvement expenditure to adjust fluctuation in income. Income-constrained elderly households reduce their housing consumption by not improving their homes ceteris paribus in order to maintain their consumption levels. The mortgage repayment burden also plays an important role in home improvement expenditure decisions. Research limitations/implications – An implication of the analysis is that households who do not own houses may require policy intervention to maintain their welfare. Policies such as subsidies for renters in Japan need to be devised which will provide renters opportunities to smooth consumption. Further, reduction in home improvement expenditure leads to deterioration of quality of housing stock if economic downturn persists longer. This suggests that policies such as tax reduction, tax allowance or tax credit to bolster home improvement behaviour are needed during economic downturn to sustain quality of housing stock. Originality/value – The paper contributes to the limited literature on the role of home improvement expenditure as a consumption smoothing instrument for households. Those who do not own houses are constrained in maintaining their welfare during downturn. Findings are important for policy makers and paper makes some suggestions in this regard.

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