Expenditure Patterns and Aggregate Consumer Behaviour: Some Experiments with Australian and New Zealand Data.
This paper analyzes expenditure patterns in Australia and New Zealand by estimating complete demand systems on budget data. Tests of linear Engel curves and separable preferences are carried out on both data sets. The study also exploits the information on household composition to test for demographic effects. Several new demographically extended demand functional forms are proposed and estimated, and their behavioral and welfare implications in terms of equivalence scales compared. The study yields plausible estimates of price and expenditure elasticities, and shows that relevant price information can be used successfully to estimate the cost of a child. Copyright 1994 by The Economic Society of Australia.
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1994
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Authors: | Chatterjee, Srikanta ; Michelini, Claudio ; Ray, Ranjan |
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The Economic Record. - Economic Society of Australia - ESA, ISSN 1475-4932. - Vol. 70.1994, 210, p. 278-91
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Economic Society of Australia - ESA |
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