higher-income household

collocation in English

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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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(Definition ofhouseholdfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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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.
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Then as pollution grows, higher-income households take a variety of averting actions.
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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.
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Suppose that at the inception of pollution, before households have responded, higher-income households are willing to pay more for pollution.
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Further, behavioural evidence is suppressed when higher-income households protect themselves from environmental injury with defensive expenditures.
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Given their higher inherent abilities and social connections, if participation is limited, higher-income households may have an advantage in gaining participation rights.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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