Analysis of Various Household Expenditures at Urban Households in the Republic of Uganda: A Multivariate Tobit Approach

Variations in different household expenditures across urban households in the Republic of Uganda are studied using a survey data. Multivariate Tobit estimation method is employed to quantify the effects of various factors, including household income. Expenditure elasticities of income vary across different categories of expenditures. Location and other factors such as education influence the expenditure decisions

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Year of publication:	2014-05
Authors:	Madhavan- Nambiar, Padmanand ; Florkowski, Wojciech J. ; Chinnan, Manjeet S. ; Ressurrecion, Anna
Institutions:	Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA
Subject:	Republic of Uganda \| Household expenditures \| Multivariate Tobit \| Expenditure elasticities \| Food expenditures \| Education expenditures \| Agricultural and Food Policy \| Consumer/Household Economics \| Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety \| Food Security and Poverty

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota Number 169641
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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