English Explanatory Dictionary

Engel's law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The relationship whereby, as family income increases, the percentage spent on food decreases, even though the total amount of food expenditure increases.

Word forms

Engel's law

Etymology

Proposed by the statistician Ernst Engel in 1857.

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