Income and price elasticities of demand in South Africa: An application of the linear expenditure system

Rulof Burger, Lodewicus Coetzee, Carl Kreuser and Neil Rankin

No wp-2015-100, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper investigates the expenditure patterns of South African households using detailed cross-sectional expenditure and price data. Linear expenditure system (LES) parameter estimates are used to calculate income and price elasticities for a number of product categories at different points of the income distribution.

Keywords: Aeronautics; Consumption; Food supply; Households; Supply and demand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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Journal Article: Income and Price Elasticities of Demand in South Africa: An Application of the Linear Expenditure System (2017)
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