Back to Engel? Some evidence for the hierarchy of needs

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 649-676

  Chai, Andreas ^a   Moneta, Alessio ^b,c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Growth and Public Policy   (Germany)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Engel curves; Engel's law; Hierarchy of needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865821177     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-012-0283-3     Document Type: Article

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