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Using the CE to model household demand

Blow, L; Lechene, V; Levell, P; (2015) Using the CE to model household demand. In: Carroll, C and Crossley, TF and Sabelhaus, J, (eds.) Improving the measurement of consumer expenditures. (pp. 141-178). University of Chicago Press: Chicago (IL), USA. Green open access

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Abstract

Using data from the US Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) from 1998 to 2010, we estimate a demand system for non durable goods, under different assumptions regarding the behavior of households. Thanks to the unique features of the CE, which records labor supply and information on durables together with income and demand, we are able to look at how assumptions of full intertemporal separability and separability of durables from non durables impact the demand estimation. We test, and reject, the separability assumptions and show how relaxing them affects the magnitude of the estimated income and price elasticities. This exercise illustrates the importance of building on the strengths of the CE as a comprehensive source of quantified information on household behavior if it is to fulfill its goal of providing government and policy makers with information on the impact of policy on household behavior and welfare.

Type: Book chapter
Title: Using the CE to model household demand
ISBN-13: 9780226126654
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226194714.003.0006
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago%2F9780226194714.00...
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
Keywords: consumer expenditure, survey, CE, demand system, estimation, separability in demand, income elasticities, price elasticities, demand analysis, consumption
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Economics
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10142975
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