Schwabe's law

Japanese: シュワーベの法則 - しゅわーべのほうそく(英語表記)Schwabe's law
Schwabe's law

This is an empirical law that states that as income rises, expenditure on housing increases, but its proportion in consumption expenditure gradually declines. It was announced in 1868 by German statistician Hermann Schwabe (1828-?) based on a household budget survey in Berlin. It corresponds to Engel's Law, which formulates the proportion of food expenses in consumption expenditure, but this law can no longer be said to be universally applicable due to the fact that housing expenses were mainly rent, that currently expenditure on furniture and fixtures is increasing, and the spread of company housing, public housing, and owner-occupied homes, as well as historical changes in housing supply, regional circumstances, and differences in demographics.

[Tetsuya Hitosugi]

[Reference] | Engel's Law

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

所得が上昇するにつれて住居費の支出額は増大するが、その消費支出に占める比率はしだいに低下するという経験法則。ドイツの統計学者シュワーベHermann Schwabe(1828―?)がベルリンの家計調査に基づいて1868年に発表した。エンゲルの法則が消費支出に占める食料費の比率を定式化したのと対応しているが、その住居費が主として家賃であったこと、現在では家具什器(じゅうき)に対する支出額が大きくなっていること、さらには社宅、公営住宅、持ち家の普及等々、歴史的な住宅供給の変化、地域的事情、さらには人口動態の差異から、この法則が普遍的に成り立つとはいえなくなっている。

[一杉哲也]

[参照項目] | エンゲルの法則

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