A changing market: expenditures by Hispanic consumers, revisited (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, August 2003

A changing market: expenditures by Hispanic consumers, revisited

Geoffrey D. Paulin
Senior Economics, Division of Consumer Expenditure Surveys, Bureau of Labor Statistics. E-mail: Paulin_G@bls.gov.

As the composition of the Hispanic population changed, Hispanic consumers continued to increase their share of spending at a substantial pace; a revisited study examines whether changes in expenditure patterns are due to changes in income or other similar factors, or due to changes in underlying preferences.

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