Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/31746 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Jena Economic Research Papers No. 2008,093
Publisher: 
Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena
Abstract: 
We measure how different the shapes of Engel curves are across 59 commodity groups. The same analysis is carried out for their derivatives and variances. While Engel curves possess a relatively homogeneous shape, significantly more heterogeneity is present in derivatives and when particular sub-classes of income are considered.
Subjects: 
Consumption
Kernel method
rank correlation
Curve shape
JEL: 
D12
C14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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