TY - JOUR
T1 - The impacts of the presence of disabled members on intra-household allocation in Older Australian Households
AU - GONG, Xiaodong
AU - BROWN, Laurie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - In this article, we investigate the consumption patterns of older Australian households. Our special focus is on the impact of the presence of disabled household members on households’ allocation of their consumption expenditure. The results reveal that for older Australian households, recreation, clothing, and other goods and services are luxury goods, while food and housing are found to be necessities. We find that families with disabled members have to spend more on necessities at the expense of more luxury goods, such as recreation.
AB - In this article, we investigate the consumption patterns of older Australian households. Our special focus is on the impact of the presence of disabled household members on households’ allocation of their consumption expenditure. The results reveal that for older Australian households, recreation, clothing, and other goods and services are luxury goods, while food and housing are found to be necessities. We find that families with disabled members have to spend more on necessities at the expense of more luxury goods, such as recreation.
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UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/impacts-presence-disabled-members-intrahousehold-allocation-older-australian-households
U2 - 10.1111/1467-8462.12236
DO - 10.1111/1467-8462.12236
M3 - Article
SN - 0004-9018
VL - 50
SP - 398
EP - 411
JO - The Australian Economic Review
JF - The Australian Economic Review
IS - 4
ER -
