Abstract:
Through my thesis, I conduct an exploratory research of how the state spending on welfare and
alcohol consumption is affecting the household behavior- both social and economic. The
indicators would include spending on food, education, health, physical abuse etc. The research
has been carried by interviewing participants in a village and the researcher has attempted to
understand both the sociological as well as economic dimensions, in effect the ‘social cost’, of
alcohol consumption and subsidies on the household. Two groups of households have been
interviewed – one group which contains one or more members who consume alcohol regularly
whereas the other group consists of households where no member in the family consumes
alcohol on a regular basis. The distinction in the household behavior in these two groups is
mapped and has built the foundation of further analysis.
