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The Effect of Income on Food Expenditure

Using a consumer panel, this paper analyzed the effect of income change on exenditure of each food item after controlling demographic factors such as age, educational attain ment, employment status, family number. The results show that when income grows by one million won, per capita consumption of fruit, eating-out expenses, processed food, meat increases 4,900 won, 4,500 won, 1,600 won and 1,300 won respectively in the cross-section SUR model. In the panel fixed effect SUR model, when income grows by one million won, per capita consumption of eating-out expenses, meat, fruit, fishery products increases 4,700 won, 800 won, 400 won and 200 won respectively. Above all, the factors such as age, educational attainment, family number, job status, the number of people eating, cohabitation with parents or middle school children, preference for country of origin, price preference are statistically significant according to food expenditure.