Relationship between Households' Housing and Transportation Expenditures

2015 ◽  
Vol 2531 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devajyoti Deka
Keyword(s):  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Consumer Expenditure ◽  
Household Expenditures ◽  
Lifestyle Choice ◽  
Urban Economic ◽  
Consumer Expenditure Survey ◽  
Three Stage Least Squares ◽  
Transit Use ◽  
Transportation Studies ◽  
The Relationship

Because of growing concern about the significant increase in American household transportation costs, federal agencies have endorsed the notion that it is not merely the affordability of housing alone that is important but the affordability of housing and transportation taken together. Most transportation studies have focused on the relationship between the costs of housing and commuting. Thus the relationship between household expenditures on housing and overall transportation has remained mostly unexamined. With the use of U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey data, this study made an effort to bridge the gap in the existing knowledge base through an examination of this relationship. In the absence of theories about the relationship between the two types of expenditures, this study leaned heavily on a stream of literature on lifestyle choice, which was advanced to explain the absence of a trade-off between the costs of housing and commuting postulated by urban economic theorists. To account for endogeneity between household expenditures on housing and transportation, three-stage least-squares models were used with the two types of expenditures defined in dollar amounts and as shares of income. For the sake of comparison, a third model, which defined the two types of expenditures as shares of household total expenditures, was used. The relationship between the two types of expenditures varied depending on the definition used. In addition, the models showed the way in which dwelling type, building age, number of household automobiles, public transit use, and metropolitan area size affected transportation expenditure. The implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Determinants of U.S. Household Expenditures on Fruit and Vegetables: A Note and Update

1995 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 588-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo M. Nayga
Keyword(s):  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Consumer Expenditure ◽  
Household Expenditures ◽  
Regional Variations ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Consumer Expenditure Survey ◽  
Expenditure Survey ◽  
The U.S

AbstractThis study examines the various factors affecting household expenditures on fresh and processed fruit and vegetables in the U.S. using the 1992 Consumer Expenditure Survey. Empirical results suggest that higher income, better educated, larger, and older households spend more on fresh and processed fruit and vegetables than do other households. Seasonal and regional variations are also evident.

scholarly journals The problem of not observing small expenditures in a consumer expenditure survey

1990 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Alessie ◽  
Raymond Gradus ◽  
Bertrand Melenberg
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Expenditure ◽  
Consumer Expenditure Survey ◽  
Expenditure Survey

PRESIDENT OF YALE ASSAILS AS ‘EXCESSIVE’ US REGULATIONS ON RESEARCH

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. A54-A54
Author(s):  
J. F. L.
Keyword(s):  
Government Regulation ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Indirect Costs ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Federal Funds ◽  
Government Grants ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Science Magazine

A. Bartlett Giamatti, the president of Yale University has deplored the "mounting wave of regulation" and "requirements for massive amounts of paperwork" that he said Federal agencies heaped upon researchers supported by Government grants. Echoing a strong note of discontent voiced by many active in university-based scientific research, Mr Giamatti said "excessive or unthinking regulation" had damaged the relationship between government and universities. "There is a powerful resentment on all sides, and distrust," he told 500 people at the opening dinner of the annual Association of Yale Alumni assembly. "A radical skepticism bordering on open contempt for our centers of learning surfaces again." Researchers at universities across the country have been protesting strongly against a government regulation, put into effect three months ago, that requires them to complete detailed "personnel activity reports" before they are reimbursed for "indirect costs"–overhead expenses–incurred during their work. Of $68 million Yale received in federal funds last year, Mr Giamatti said, $21 mfflion was for "indirect costs." Under the new rule, researchers at Stanford University say they will have to complete 80,000 reports instead of the present 3,000, at a cost of between $250,000 and $300,000, Mr. Giamatti told the assembly, quoting from an article in Science magazine. Critics also point to a 1968 Bureau of the Budget report evaluating time and effort reports when the original A-21 regulation, written in 1958, was revised in 1967 to include these reports. "Time or effort reports now required of faculty members are meaningless and a waste of time," the 1968 report says.

scholarly journals Trend in Household Expenditures in Albania

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Ruzhdie Bici ◽  
Albana Hashorva
Keyword(s):  
Material Deprivation ◽  
Household Composition ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Household Expenditures ◽  
Standard Measurement ◽  
Food Expenditures ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Socio Economic Factors ◽  
Significant Factors

In Albania almost 50% of the household expenditures go for food. The levels of the food have change by years but still have a considered weight in household budget. The study shows the trend and the significant factors that influence the food and non food consumption for different economic levels of the households in Albania. Household composition, geographic characteristics and other material deprivation dimensions have an important impact to the consumption trend and household wellbeing. The data refers to the Living Standard Measurement Survey (LSMS), which measure poverty through expenditures method. It is a multidimensional survey and gives us the possibility to have multi indicators and also disaggregate and test the relationship and influence. This paper shows the trend by household size, for different regions, the typology of the household and other socio-economic factors that may influence the food and non food expenditures trend. It is used the descriptive analyses and quintile regression of different foods level by different factors. The calculations are done using SPSS and Stata.

Financial disclosure and performance of microfinance institutions

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shakil Quayes ◽  
Tanweer Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Least Squares ◽  
Least Squares Method ◽  
Financial Disclosure ◽  
Microfinance Institutions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Three Stage Least Squares ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between financial disclosure and the financial performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs). Design/methodology/approach – The paper utilizes ordinary least squares method to analyze the impact of disclosure on financial performance, an ordered probit model to investigate the possible effect of financial performance on disclosure and utilizes a three-stage least squares method to delineate the endogenous relationship between disclosure and financial performance of MFIs. Findings – The paper finds that better disclosure has a statistically significant positive impact on operational performance of MFIs; second, it also shows that improved financial performance results in better financial disclosure. Keeping the endogenous nature of the relationship between disclosure and performance, the paper uses a three-stage least squares method to show that disclosure and financial performance positively affect each other simultaneously. Research limitations/implications – The paper attempts to delineate a positive association between better disclosure on financial performance of MFIs, which can be used for developing a better disclosure policy by management, formulating more effective guidelines for disclosure by the stakeholders and mandating more appropriate laws and uniform disclosure practice by regulators. Originality/value – This is the first study that uses a large number of MFIs from 75 countries; second, it uses a uniform scale of designating a disclosure rating (assigned by MIX Market) to show the relationship between disclosure and performance. Finally, it uses three-stage least squares method to address the possible endogeneity between disclosure and performance.

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