A Collective Household Model of Time Allocation: A Comparison of Native Dutch and Immigrant Households in the Netherlands Although the number of immigrant households in the Netherlands is substantial, the labor supply choices of this group are usually neglected in empirical studies because these households are usually under-sampled. We use a stratified sample of Turkish, Surinamese/Antillean an...

The production of goods and services by households can be split into production intended to be sold or exchanged (market production) and that to be consumed by the household itself or given free of charge to another party (non-market production). The former is within the ambit of the System of National Accounts (SNA)3 economic production boundary (para. 6.18 (a)) and called ‘SNA market producti...

This study considered the production economics of coffee in Pakuwa village development committee of Parbat district, Nepal. Household Survey was done in June 2014. Data collection was done using semi-structured pre-tested questionnaire administered on 40 coffee producers selected randomly. Gross margin analysis, profitability index and the benefit-cost ratio was used to analyze the production e...

Reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions has become a global consensus in response to global warming and climate change, especially to China, the largest CO2 emitter in the world. Most studies have focused on CO2 emissions from the production sector, however, the household sector plays an important role in the total energy-related CO2 emissions. This study formulates an integrated model based on...