Economies of scale, household size, and the demand for food

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 897-930

  Deaton, Angus ^a   Paxson, Christina ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economy of scale; Food consumption; Household income

Indexed keywords

ECONOMY OF SCALE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME;

EID: 0032451975     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/250035     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Barten, Anton P. "Family Composition, Prices and Expenditure Patterns." In Econometric Analysis for National Economic Planning, edited by Peter E. Hart, Gordon Mills, and John K. Whitaker. London: Butterworths, 1964.
2. Deaton, Angus S. The Analysis of Household, Surveys: A Microeconometric Approach to Development Policy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1997.
3. Deaton, Angus S., and Muellbauer, John. Economics and Consumer Behavior. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1980.
4. Engel, Ernst. ''Die Lebenskosten belgischer Arbeiter-Familien früher und jetzt." Internat. Statis. Inst. Bull. 9, no. 1 (1895): 1-124.
5. Engle, Robert F.: Granger, C. W. J.; Rice, John; and Weiss, Andrew. "Semiparametric Estimates of the Relation between Weather and Electricity Sales." J. American Statis. Assoc. 81 (June 1986): 310-20.
6. Estes, Eugena, and Honoré, Bo, "Partial Regression Using One Nearest Neighbor," Working paper. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ., 1995.
7. Eubank, R. L., and Speckman, Paul. "Curve Fitting by Polynomial-Trigonometric Regression." Biometrica 77 (March 1990): 1-9.
8. Fan, Jianqing. "Design-Adaptive Nonparametric Regression," J. American Statis. Assoc. 87 (December 1992): 998-1004.
9. Fraker, Thomas M.; Martini, Alberto P.; and Ohls, James C. "The Effect of Food Stamp Cashout on Food Expenditures: An Assessment of the Find-ings from Four Demonstrations." J. Human Resources 30 (Fall 1995): 633-49.
10. Lanjouw, Peter, and Ravallion, Martin. "Poverty and Household Size." Econ. J. 105 (November 1995): 1415-34.
11. Moffitt, Robert A. "Estimating the Value of an In-Kind Transfer: The Case of Food Stamps." Econometrica 57 (March 1989): 385-409.
12. Prais, Sigbert J., and Houthakker, Hendrik S. The Analysis of Family Budgets. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1955.
13. Robin, Jean-Marc. "Price of Goods and Consumer Behavior: The Case of Food." Manuscript. Paris: Inst. National de la Recherche Agronomique, 1985.
14. Robinson, Peter M. "Root-N-Consistent Semiparametric Regression." Econometrica 56 (July 1988): 931-54.
15. Rothbarth, Erwin, "Note on a Method of Determining Equivalent Income for Families of Different Composition." App. 4 in War-Time Pattern of Saving and Spending, by Charles Madge. Occasional Paper no. 4, Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press (for Nat. Inst. Econ. and Soc. Res.), 1943.