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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Engel curves"”.
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Semiparametric models with endogeneity and their application to an empirical demand analysis.
… is an important tool for analysing empirical Engel curves, which often involve endogeneity in total expenditure. We show that, our newly developed estimation procedures and methods are able to address the endogeneity problem in the semiparametric analysis of empirical Engel curves. These goals …
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Essays on development and applied microeconomics
… in Bangladesh. Chapter 2 examines the Engel curve for major expenditure categories and presents estimates of equivalence scales for Bangladesh. We compare Engel curves estimated by semi-parametric techniques to those arising from models based on consumer theory. Our analysis supports …
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Essays on development and applied microeconomics
… in Bangladesh. Chapter 2 examines the Engel curve for major expenditure categories and presents estimates of equivalence scales for Bangladesh. We compare Engel curves estimated by semi-parametric techniques to those arising from models based on consumer theory. Our analysis supports …
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Crowding-out Of Household Expenditure By Tobacco In Ghana
… and 2012/2013. A system of quadratic conditional Engel curves was estimated for a set of eleven groups of commodities for both periods. The results show a crowding-out of food, alcohol, clothing and transport and a crowding-in of furnishings, health and communication expenditure by tobacco. The …
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Essays on taxation: positive and normative aspects
… and Muellbauer. The AIDS model assumes linear Engel curves and if this assumption is violated then welfare estimates are biased. The Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (QUAIDS) model of Banks, Blundell and Lewbel extends the AIDS model to allow for non-linear Engel curves. Households consume …
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The impact of livestock and gender on household expenditure patterns in the Copperbelt province of Zambia
… local polynomial smoothing estimation to create Engel curves for households exogenously treated with livestock ownership and control households. Next, budget share regressions are run using Seemingly Unrelated Regressions (SUR). A relationship appears to exist between food shares and the sex of …
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Essays on growth and development
… varying rates of technological rates, long-run Engel curves, international trade, as well as time-varying capital intensities. The model is calibrated to the experience of South Korea between 1970 and 2010 and the importance of these four factors for the structural transformation is analyzed. …
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Three essays on food economics
… This is the first study estimating Resource Engel Curves (which characterize the relationship between "total resources" and resource share), and goods-time cross price elasticities. For this analysis we created a unique dataset by merging the 2012 American Time Use Survey (ATUS) with the …
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An investigation into out of pocket health expenditure in India
… semi-parametric instrumental variable Engel curve model, Indian households, both rural and urban are found to protect food expenses and decrease spending on education, clothing, bedding and footwear expenses to cope with OOPHE. Rural Indians also increase travel expenses to cope with …