Blanciforti86: U.S. consumption data
Description
The Blanciforti86 data frame contains annual U.S. consumption data
from 1947 to 1978 or 1981.
These data include eleven aggregate commodity groups:
(1) food, (2) alcohol plus tobacco, (3) clothing, (4) housing,
(5) utilities, (6) transportation, (7) medical care, (8) durable goods,
(9) other nondurable goods, (10) other services, and
(11) other miscellaneous goods;
four food groups:
(1) meats, (2) fruits and vegetables, (3) cereal and bakery products, and
(4) miscellaneous foods;
and four meat groups:
(1) beef and veal, (2) pork, (3) fish, and (4) poultry.
For each of these groups the consumption expenditures, price indices,
and expenditure shares are available.
This data frame contains the following variables / columns:
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]source
Blanciforti, Laura. A., Richard D. Green and Gordon A. King (1986)
U.S. Consumer Behavior Over the Postwar Period:
An Almost Ideal Demand System Analysis.
Giannini Foundation Monograph Number 40, August 1986.