TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Farrell, Lisa
AU  - Shields, Michael A.
        TI  - Child Expenditure: The Role of Working Mothers, Lone Parents, Sibling Composition and Household Provision
        PY  - 2001/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 388
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp388
        AB  - This paper uses detailed diary information from the British Family Expenditure Survey (FES) to investigate the expenditure patterns of school-age children. We estimate a Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System, and find that, whilst most commodities are normal goods, sweets and toys are luxury items for children. Children of lone parents have lower budget shares for expenditure on soft drinks, leisure, personal goods and books/magazines, but higher budget shares for expenditure on sweets and vice products (alcohol, cigarettes and gambling). Having a working mother increases child expenditure on food products and toys. A higher parental budget share, on any given commodity, is generally associated with an increased child budget share suggesting that children mimic their parent’s expenditure patterns.
        KW  - lone parents
KW  - quadratic almost ideal demand system
KW  - Child expenditure
KW  - working mothers
KW  - sibling composition
        ER  -