Are African Households Heterogeneous Agents? : Stylized Facts on Patterns of Consumption, Employment, Income and Earnings for Macroeconomic Modelers /

This paper reviews the evidence on how households in Sub-Saharan Africa segment along consumption, income and earning dimensions relevant for quantitative macroeconomic policy models which incorporate heterogeneity. Key findings include the importance of home-grown food in the income and consumption...

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Hlavní autor: Fox, Louise
Médium: Časopis
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Edice:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/102
On-line přístup:Full text available on IMF