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dc.contributor.authorChai, Andreasen
dc.contributor.authorMoneta, Alessioen
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-12-
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-24T15:43:55Z-
dc.date.available2012-04-24T15:43:55Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/57533-
dc.description.abstractUsing data spanning over four decades (1960-2000), this paper employs Engel's needsbased approach to analyzing household expenditure patterns to find evidence for the existence of a stable hierarchy of expenditure patterns at low levels of household income. Second, we investigate how rising household income influences the manner in which total expenditure is distributed across Engel's expenditure categories. Our results suggest that i) total household expenditure is distributed across Engel's expenditure categories in an increasingly even manner as household income increases and ii) over time, there has been an acceleration in the rate at which household expenditure patterns become diversified as household income rises. Finally, we consider how the shape of Engel Curves may help shed light on the relationship between goods and the underlying needs they serve.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aMax Planck Institute of Economics |cJenaen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aPapers on Economics and Evolution |x1113en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordHierarchy of needsen
dc.subject.keywordEngel Curvesen
dc.subject.keywordEngel's Lawen
dc.subject.stwBedürfnisseen
dc.subject.stwMikroökonomische Konsumfunktionen
dc.subject.stwVerbraucherausgabenen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwGroßbritannienen
dc.titleBack to Engel? Some evidence for the hierarchy of needs-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn668087641en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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