We investigate expenditure behaviour of school-aged children using child diary information contained in the British …, sweets, books, and toys are `normal' goods for children, but clothes, travel, leisure and vice products are `luxury' items …

expenditure patterns of school-age children. We estimate a Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System, and find that, whilst most … commodities are normal goods, sweets and toys are luxury items for children. Children of lone parents have lower budget shares for … suggesting that children mimic their parent’s expenditure patterns. …

explore individual specific variation in the composition of the bundles of exclusive goods. The estimation of demand system …

Electricity has attained a very important place in every household on this planet. It is a major contributor towards … average household electricity consumption and seasonal variations in this consumption for the months of summer, winter and … moderate weather for Delhi. The factors which influence the electricity consumption of a household have been examined by using …

This collective approach to household consumption behavior tries to infer from variables supposed to affect general … bargaining position of household members information on the allocation of consumptions goods and tasks among them. This paper … investigates the extension of previous work to the case where children may be considered as a public consumption good by the two …