An empirical analysis of engel curve on energy for households in Sabah and Sarawak based on location and income group

• Main Authors: Vivin Vincent Chandran, Caroline Geetha, Kwang, Jing Yii, Amran Ahmed
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Western Illinois University 2015
• Subjects: HB1-3840 Economic theory. Demography; HC94-1085 By region or country
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29007/1/An%20empirical%20analysis%20of%20engel%20curve%20on%20energy%20for%20households%20in%20Sabah%20and%20Sarawak%20based%20on%20location%20and%20income%20group%20ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29007/; https://muse.jhu.edu/article/584099; https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2015.0051
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

The study was focused in forming an empirical model of Engel curve on energy for households in Sabah and Sarawak. Open-ended questionnaire was used as an instrument of study involving 1,002 respondents in Sabah and Sarawak. The dependent variable was budget share of energy expenditure meanwhile the...