Carlo Andrea Bollino, Federico Perali, and Nicola Rossi, "Linear
Household Technologies", Journal of Applied Econometrics, Vol. 15, No.
3, 2000, pp. 253-274.

There are three data files, all containing the same data based on published
household budget data from the Italian Central Statistical Office (ISTAT).
The file bpr_dta.csv is a comma-delimited ASCII set, bpr_data.ascii is a
plain ASCII file, and bpr_data.dta is a STATA data set. The two ASCII files
are in DOS format. All three files are zipped in the file bpr_data.zip.

The individual unit is the cell defined in terms of family size and income
decile aggragating individual observations of the surveys undertaken during
the period 1973-1992. There are 1729 observations.

The data set includes three aggregate goods: "food," "housing and fuels,"
"miscellaneous." The "miscellaneous" item includes clothing, health care,
transportation, communications and all other goods and services.

Variable definitions:

w1 "FOOD SHARE" 
w2 "HOUSING AND FUELS SHARE"
w3 "MISCELLANEOUS SHARE"
p1 "FOOD PRICE"
p2 "HOUSING AND FUELS PRICE"
p3 "MISCELLANEOUS PRICE"
xt "TOTAL EXPENDITURE"
anno "YEAR"
inc  "INCOME"
fam  "HOUSEHOLD SIZE"
pct  "CELL WEIGHT"

Contact Author: Federico Perali, Email: wicaro@chiostro.univr.it