Household commodity demand and demographics in the Netherlands: A microeconometric analysis

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 551-577

  Kalwij, Adriaan ^a   Alessie, Rob ^a   Fontein, Peter ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumption; Demand systems; Demographics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032218502     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050084     Document Type: Article

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