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Explaining trends in household spending

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  • Laura Blow

    (Institute for Fiscal Studies and University of Surrey)

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In this paper we model the changing distribution of household spending in the UK over the period 1978 to 1999 and explore the interpretation of remaining time trends in spending once changes in other observed covariates have been accounted for.

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  • Laura Blow, 2003. "Explaining trends in household spending," IFS Working Papers W03/06, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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