Consumer behaviour

This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for disadvantaged youth introduced in Colombia in 2005 on the employment and earnings of trainees.

This article looks at the increase in obesity, its possible causes and potential solutions to the problem.

In this paper we consider consumer benefits from increased competition in a differentiated product setting: the spread of nontraditional retail outlets.

An Edepo working paper.

In this paper, we show that ignoring consumption inequality within households produces misleading estimates of inequality.

This paper uses a structural model to address the question of why home-owners with large mortgage debt work longer hours than those without such debt.

The Saving Gateway is a government initiative aimed at encouraging savings behaviour among people who do not usually save.

This draft paper forms part of the Mirrlees Review and was presented at the IFS Residential Conference 2007.

This paper presents evidence on whether and how a household's behaviour is influenced by the presence and characteristics of its extended family.

This paper investigates consumer expenditures of German households pre and post retirement.