Estimating the cost of children from New Zealand quasi-unit record data of household consumption

Economic Record

Volumn 77, Issue 239, 2001, Pages 383-392

  Michelini, Claudio ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ELASTICITY; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0035194101     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4932.00031     Document Type: Article

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