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Does Tourism Consumption Behaviour Mirror Differences in Living Standards?

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  • Cristina Bernini

    (University of Bologna
    University of Bologna—Campus of Rimini)

  • Maria Francesca Cracolici

    (Business and Statistics)

  • Cinzia Viroli

    (University of Bologna)

Abstract

Based on the theoretical foundation of well-being measurement, the study explores differences in living standards by analysing the distribution of tourism expenditure. A mixture of regression models is used to explore the heterogeneity in tourism consumption by identifying groups of families with similar tourism consumption behaviour as a function of certain socio-demographic and economic factors. The empirical analysis, performed on Italian expenditure data, suggests that there are three different patterns of consumption behaviour conditional to the socio-demographic and economic covariates in the tourism market and that differences in tourism consumption between groups of households mirror inequalities in living standards.

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  • Cristina Bernini & Maria Francesca Cracolici & Cinzia Viroli, 2017. "Does Tourism Consumption Behaviour Mirror Differences in Living Standards?," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 134(3), pages 1157-1171, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:134:y:2017:i:3:d:10.1007_s11205-016-1455-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-016-1455-6
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