Ernst Engel, 1821-1896.
German economist and statistician.
Enrst Engel trained in France
at the Ecole des Mines, Ernst Engel was a statistician in the Saxon and
subsequently Prussian civil
service for most of his life.
From masses of empirical data, Engel
unearthed the famous "Engel's Law" i.e., that the proportion of a
consumer's budget spent on food declines with rising income. Today, the "Engel
Curve" relating the composition of a consumption basket to the consumer's
income is named in his honor.
Ernst Engel edited the Prussian statistical journal, Zeitschrift
des Königlich Preussischen Statistischen Bureaus, from its inception
in 1861 until his retirement in 1881.
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Major Works of Ernst Engel
- "Die Productions- und Consumtionsverhaltnisse der Königsreichs
Sachsen", 1857, Z des Statischen Bureaus des Königlich
Sachischen Ministeriums des Innern [1895 repr. in Bulletin
de l'institute international de statistique, v.9, Anlage 1,
p.1]
- "L.A.J. Quetelet, ein Gedächtnissrede"
1876, Z Konigl. Preussischen Statistischen Bureau, v.16,
p.207
- Der Werth des Menschens, 1883.
v.1
- "Die Lebenskosten belgischer Arbeiter-Familien, früher und jetzt",
1895, Bulletin de l'institute international de statistique,
p.1
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Resources on Ernst Engel
- "Review of E. Engel's Eisenbahnreform", by E.R.A.
Seligman,1890, PSQ. (Sep),
p.526 [js]
- "Zum Gedächtniss
an Ernst Engel: Ein Lebensbild" by E. Blenck, 1896, Z Konigl.
Preussischen Statistischen Bureau, v.36,
p.231
- "Ernst Engel. Erinnerungen aus den Jahren 1865-66", by G.F.
Knapp, 1897, in Knapp, Grundherrschaft und
Rittergut,
p.143
- Wikipedia
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