Unpacking Household Engel Curves
De Vreyer, Philippe; Lambert, Sylvie; Ravallion, Martin (2020-03), Unpacking Household Engel Curves. https://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/20935
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Document de travail / Working paperDate
2020-03Publisher
NBER Working Papers
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NBER Working PapersSeries number
26850Published in
Washington
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58
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De Vreyer, PhilippeDéveloppement, institutions et analyses de long terme [DIAL]
Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
Lambert, Sylvie

Ravallion, Martin
Georgetown University
Abstract (EN)
The classic Working-Leser household Engel curve is unpacked to reveal individual budget allocations across commodities as a function of both individual and household total spending. Two main findings emerge on calibrating our model to an unusual sub-household dataset for Senegal. First, for all except education spending, our results are consistent with the separable structures found in two-stage bargaining and collective models of the household. Second, there are large biases in standard household Engel-curve estimates when compared to consistently aggregated sub-household estimates, though in differing degrees and directions depending on the type of commodity. The main source of bias is a household effect on sub-household spending behavior, though this is partially offset by a bias due to intra-household inequality, which emerges as a confounder in aggregating to the household level.Subjects / Keywords
household expenditure; SenegalRelated items
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