higher-income household

collocation in English

meanings of household

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household
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk /ˈhaʊs.həʊld/ us /ˈhaʊs.hoʊld/
a group of people, often a family, who ...
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Examples of higher-income household

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Following these averting actions, a cross-section study of households might show that higher-income households are not more willing to pay for pollution abatement.
Then as pollution grows, higher-income households take a variety of averting actions.
The subsidy necessary to induce higher-income households to use kerosene, which is the major alternative to fuelwood, is also predicted to be extremely high.
Suppose that at the inception of pollution, before households have responded, higher-income households are willing to pay more for pollution.
Further, behavioural evidence is suppressed when higher-income households protect themselves from environmental injury with defensive expenditures.
Given their higher inherent abilities and social connections, if participation is limited, higher-income households may have an advantage in gaining participation rights.
Clearly, it is not possible within the constraints of this study to make direct comparisons with such groups as the long-term unemployed or higher-income households.
On the other hand, higher-income households may value additional income relatively less and additional free time relatively more, and thus they abandon household work in favour of free time.
For filtering water and buying bottled water, which involve market expenditures, higher-income households are expected to have higher probabilities of choosing the measure than lowerincome households.
For boiling water or settling water, which involve essentially no cost involved for households, higher-income households are not expected to have higher probabilities of choosing the measure than lower-income households.
Economic theory suggests that if environmental quality is a normal good, all else constant, higher-income households will be more willing to pay for environmental protection than lower-income households.
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