Comparing shapes of engel curves

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.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Chai, Andreas ; Moneta, Alessio
Published in:	Economics Bulletin. - AccessEcon, ISSN 1545-2921. - Vol. 29.2009, 2, p. 1156-1162
Publisher:	AccessEcon
Subject:	Consumption \| Kernel smoothing \| Rank correlation \| Curve shape

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Classification:	D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics ; C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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