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    Why does the Engel method work? Food demand, economies of size and household survey methods

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    Estimates of household size economies are needed for the analysis of poverty and inequality. This paper shows that Engel estimates of size economies are large when household expenditures are obtained by respondent recall but small when expenditures are obtained by daily recording in diaries. Expenditure estimates from recall surveys appear to have measurement errors correlated with household size. As well as demonstrating the fragility of Engel estimates of size economies, these results help resolve a puzzle raised by Deaton and Paxson (1998) about differences between rich and poor countries in the effect of household size on food demand

    Effective One-Dimensional Coupling in the Highly-Frustrated Square-Lattice Itinerant Magnet CaCo2y_{\mathrm{2}-y}As2_{2}

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    Inelastic neutron scattering measurements on the itinerant antiferromagnet (AFM) CaCo2y_{\mathrm{2}-y}As2_{2} at a temperature of 8 K reveal two orthogonal planes of scattering perpendicular to the Co square lattice in reciprocal space, demonstrating the presence of effective one-dimensional spin interactions. These results are shown to arise from near-perfect bond frustration within the J1J_1-J2J_2 Heisenberg model on a square lattice with ferromagnetic J1J_1, and hence indicate that the extensive previous experimental and theoretical study of the J1J_1-J2J_2 Heisenberg model on local-moment square spin lattices should be expanded to include itinerant spin systems
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