EFFECTS OF INCOME SOURCES ON HOUSEHOLD FOOD EXPENDITURES

Steven T. Yen, Wen S. Chern and Hwang-Jaw Lee

No 271167, 1991 Annual Meeting, August 4-7, Manhattan, Kansas from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: A purchase infrequency model and a Tobit model are used to examine impacts of different income sources on food expenditures using BLS's Consumer Expenditure Diary Survey data. Results show that four income components have significantly different effects on the expenditures of food, food at home, and food away from home.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Financial Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19
Date: 1991-08-04
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.271167

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