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Measures of the Degree and Cost of Economic Protection of Agriculture in Selected Countries
The Impact of Demographic Variables on Expenditures for Food Away From Home
Whereas considerable effort has been expended
in prior research in discussing the appropriateness
of alternative measures of income in expenditure
studies, this paper looks in depth at
the impact of incorporating a broad range of demographic
variables in the expenditure analysis.
Food expenditures away from home are used to analyze
the additional gains in explanatory power
and the impact of demographic variables on income
elasticities. Considerable divergence of results
is found under the alternative measures of income