Food expenditures away from home by type of meal

被引:52
作者
Jensen, HH [1 ]
Yen, ST [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ILLINOIS,DEPT ECON,URBANA,IL 61801
来源
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS-REVUE CANADIENNE D ECONOMIE RURALE | 1996年 / 44卷 / 01期
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10.1111/j.1744-7976.1996.tb00143.x
中图分类号
F3 [农业经济];
学科分类号
0202 ; 020205 ; 1203 ;
摘要
A nonnormal and heteroscedastic double-hurdle model is used to study household expenditures on breakfast, lunch and dinner away from home in the United States. In the 1992-93 period nearly 40% of households purchased breakfast and about three quarters of households purchased lunch or dinner in a two-week period. Wife's employment has a positive effect on the probability and level of lunch and dinner expenditures but not on breakfast expenditures. Income effects are all statistically significant and positive. The role of household composition, other demographics and region are also important.
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页码:67 / 80
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