Housing is shaped by culturally-specific expectations about the kinds of architecture and furnishings that are appropriate; about how and where different activities should be carried out; and by and ...with whom. It is those expectations, and the wider social and cultural systems of which they are a part, that are explored in this volume. At the same time, the book as a whole argues two larger points: first, that while houses, households and families have in recent years become increasingly important as objects of inquiry in Greek and Roman contexts, their potential as sources of information about broader social-historical issues has yet to be fully realised; and second, that greater weight and independence should be given to material culture as a source for studying ancient history. The book will be invaluable for upper-level undergraduates, graduate students and scholars.
In the triad of major economic entities, households play a key role in economic processes. They make one of the fundamental pillars of the domestic market economy. Their economic condition is of ...great significance to other participants of commercial exchange and affects the functioning of other entities. Currently, every modern entity which manages limited resources strives to satisfy its needs in a way that maximizes benefits. By meeting their needs, households strive to develop a specific sense of economic safety. It is primarily conditioned by a certain level and quality of life and provides opportunities for development. Nowadays, economic safety has become the basic need and goal of every economic unit, including households.
Sosyal yardımlar, ayni ve nakdi yardımlar aracılıǧıyla bireyler veya haneler arasındaki eşitsizlikleri önlemede kullanılan önemli sosyal politika araçlarından biridir. Sosyal yardımların kimlere ve ...hangi kriterlere göre verileceǧi ve sosyal yardım alıcılarının sosyoekonomik profillerinin incelenmesi, uygulanan sosyal yardımların verimliliǧini ölçmek açısından önemlidir. Bu baǧlamda çalışmanın amacı Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu'nun yapmış olduǧu Hanehalkı Bütçe Anketi mikro veri setinden yararlanarak 2003-2015 yılları arasında hanehalklarına yapılan sosyal yardımların, sosyoekonomik belirleyicilerini analiz etmektir. Analizde klasik regresyona yöntemine göre uç deǧerleri daha fazla dikkate alan kantil regresyon yöntemi kullanılmıştır. İncelenen yıllarda elde edilen önemli bulgular arasında kadınların, herhangi bir işte çalışmayan bireylerin ve bekârların daha fazla sosyal yardım aldıǧı tahmin edilmiştir.
▀ With inflation down and wages rising, the outlook for consumer spending in the UK is brightening. But should households opt to boost savings, the mood could darken.
▀ We think a meaningful rise in ...the saving ratio from its recent record lows is unlikely, though. Austerity may be easing, but the drag from fiscal policy is still set to limit households’ savings resources, while the durability of the current expansion may reduce the motivation for precautionary saving.
▀ What's more, any rise in interest rates on savings accounts will probably be even slower than the modest pace we expect for Bank Rate. And with the demographic shift toward an older, less thrifty, population, the appetite of households to save looks set to remain subdued.
The paper aims to investigate the determinants of household electricity consumption in Korea by using both the OLS regression and quantile regression. The results show that the effects of ...socio-demographic, dwelling, and electricity consumption characteristics on household electricity consumption may differ between two regressions and may differ across quantiles. We found that age group of household head, number of household, housing area, the number of household appliances, and refrigerator usage time were significant in all quantiles.
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