Comparing shapes of engel curves

Andreas Chai and Alessio Moneta

Economics Bulletin, 2009, vol. 29, issue 2, 1156-1162

Abstract: We measure how different the shapes of Engel curves are across 59 commodity groups. The same analysis is carried out for their derivatives and variances. While Engel curves possess a relatively homogeneous shape, significantly more heterogeneity is present in derivatives and when particular sub-classes of income are considered.

Keywords: Consumption; Kernel smoothing; Rank correlation; Curve shape (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C1 D1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-05-28
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