Crowding out effect of tobacco expenditure and its implications on household resource allocation in India

John, R.M.

Social Science and Medicine 66(6): 1356-1367

2008


ISSN/ISBN: 0277-9536
PMID: 18187245
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.11.020
Document Number: 199049
This paper examines whether spending on tobacco crowds out expenditure on basic needs and whether it has implications on nutrition intake and household resource allocation in India. The paper uses a household sample survey from India for the year 1999-2000. A system of quadratic conditional Engel curves was estimated for a set of 10 broad groups of commodities.

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Crowding out effect of tobacco expenditure and its implications on household resource allocation in India