On the Fungibility of Spending and Earnings Evidence from Rural China and Tanzania /

A common behavioral assumption of micro-economic theory is that income is fungible. Using household panel data from rural China and Tanzania, this study finds however that people are more likely to spend unearned income on less basic consumption goods such as alcohol and tobacco, non-staple food, tr...

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Main Author: Christiaensen, Luc
Other Authors: Pan, Lei
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2012
Series:Policy research working papers
World Bank e-Library
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