Bertrand Melenberg and Arthur van Soest, "Parametric and Semi-Parametric
Modelling of Vacation Expenditures", Journal of Applied Econometrics, 
Vol. 11, No. 1, 1996, pp. 59-76.

The data are taken from the Consumer Expenditure Survey drawn in 1981
by Statistics Netherlands. However, Statistics Netherlands does not
allow us to provide the data to others. Anyone interested in the data
should therefore contact Statistics Netherlands, address:

 Statistics Netherlands
 Division Socio-Economic Statistics
 P.O. Box 4481
 6401 CZ  Heerlen
 The Netherlands
 Phone: +31 45 70 60 00
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Here we give some information concerning the data used in the paper.

The data stem from the Consumer Expenditure Survey drawn in 1981. We
selected a subsample consisting of the families with at least two
adults. Due to missing observations and coding errors some families
had to be eliminated from the dataset. We ended up with 1815 families

The endogenous variable used is vacation expenditure, defined as
expenditure of any member of the family on a vacation, with vacation
defined as a "stay away from home for recreation purposes for at
least four successive nights".

The exogenous variables used are (notation taken from paper):
 x2= natural logarithm of total family expenditure in 1981 (in Dfl).
 x3= natural logarithm of family size
     (family size ranging from 2 to 7).
 x4= age class family head:
     1: less than 20 years old;
     2: 20-24; 3: 25-29; and so on, until
     13: more than 74 years old.
 x5= education level (values ranging from 1 (low) to 5 (high)).
 x6= degree of urbanization (values ranging from 1 (country village)
     to 6 (big city)).

Sample statistics are given in the paper.