Working Paper 241-Long term consequences of consumption seasonality
P Christian, B Dillon - 2016 - econpapers.repec.org
The average child in an agricultural community consumes substantially more food during the
months after a harvest than the months before, despite efforts to smooth consumption. In this
paper we use a 20-year panel data set from Tanzania to test whether consumption
seasonality has long-run implications for human capital development. Using repeated
measures of consumption during a 3-year period in the early 1990s, we model the annual
consumption cycle as a function of household characteristics, and then match statistics from …
months after a harvest than the months before, despite efforts to smooth consumption. In this
paper we use a 20-year panel data set from Tanzania to test whether consumption
seasonality has long-run implications for human capital development. Using repeated
measures of consumption during a 3-year period in the early 1990s, we model the annual
consumption cycle as a function of household characteristics, and then match statistics from …
Working Paper 241-Long term consequences of consumption seasonality
C Paul, D Brian - 2016 - ideas.repec.org
The average child in an agricultural community consumes substantially more food during the
months after a harvest than the months before, despite efforts to smooth consumption. In this
paper we use a 20-year panel data set from Tanzania to test whether consumption
seasonality has long-run implications for human capital development. Using repeated
measures of consumption during a 3-year period in the early 1990s, we model the annual
consumption cycle as a function of household characteristics, and then match statistics from …
months after a harvest than the months before, despite efforts to smooth consumption. In this
paper we use a 20-year panel data set from Tanzania to test whether consumption
seasonality has long-run implications for human capital development. Using repeated
measures of consumption during a 3-year period in the early 1990s, we model the annual
consumption cycle as a function of household characteristics, and then match statistics from …