In economic theory, the major factor that
influences household consumption is the household
disposable income as postulated in the consumption
function. This study is aimed to find out whether the
theoretical justification in economics that household
consumption affects the disposable income is evident or
are there any macroeconomic factors that influence the
household consumption in the Philippine case using the
Two-Stage Least Squares (2SLS). Results of this study
proved that based on the economic theory household
consumption is affected by the household disposable
income in the Philippine case. Moreover, the disposable
personal income can be proxied by the macroeconomic
variables affecting the household final consumption
expenditure such as unemployment rate, population
growth, government expenditure rate, interest rate, and
inflation rate.
Keywords : Disposable Personal Income; Household Final Consumption Expenditure; Macroeconomic Variables; TwoStage Least Squares (2SLS)