...Sibananda Senapati Purpose This study aims to understand the socioeconomic impact of flood events on households, especially household welfare in terms of changes in consumption and coping strategies to deal with flood risk. This study is based on Bihar, one of the most frequently flood-affected...

... the long-run relationship between the variables under consideration. Further, this study uses the fully modified ordinary least squares method (FMOLS) to estimate the impact of remittances on income and consumption. The pooled mean group (PMG) estimation is used. Findings The test results indicate...

.... Specifically, the mapping shows that other dimensions of poverty such as access to utilities and services among other things are equally useful welfare indicators as they scored higher than income and consumption on discriminant ability. Originality/value Unpacking the multi-dimensionality aspect...

... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only European union Public policy Shadow economy Consumption Informal sector Undeclared work In stark contrast to the representation of participants in the informal economy as rational...

... on receivables collection ratio demonstrates a significant but negative association. Contrary to the government’s primary expectations, the results do not provide any support for the reduction of electricity consumption. Originality/value The current study is apparently the first study which conducted...

...: consumption, work, and leisure. Design/methodology/approach Three strands of Christian personalism emerged in twentieth‐century Europe: in Paris, Munich, and Lublin. The author's comments derive from the Lublin strand. Findings Mainstream economics regards consumption as satisfying human material...

...Paula C. Albuquerque; João C. Lopes Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of the evolution of consumption patterns associated with ageing on the relative importance of industries in Portugal, quantifying the changes in production, value added, imported intermediate inputs...

... the vaccination of society with dictated forged needs. The main target is the maintenance of high levels of mass consumption (using even lending if income becomes insufficient), in order high levels of mass production can be preserved. Findings This type of free time, that the society serves, conceals the low...

...Ananda Das Gupta; Antonio Focacci Purpose The main purpose of the paper is to propose an empirical analysis of the relationship between total consumption of different key metals (aluminium, copper, lead, nickel, tin and zinc) and per capita income of some important developing countries (Brazil...