The impact of socio‐economic factors on gambling expenditure

Layton, Allan P.; Worthington, Andrew C.

doi:10.1108/03068299910230035

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“…Layton and Worthington (1999), noted the relatively greater emphasis that Australian governments (particularly state) have placed on gambling related revenues than most comparable countries. They have tried to incorporate many socio-economic factors to determine gambling expenditure, of which household income was one.…”

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The Income Elasticity of Gambling in Australia and New Zealand

Davies¹

2015

Deakin P Int Bus Econ

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This paper analyses disposable income as it relates to consumer demand for gambling products in Australia and New Zealand from Financial years (FY) 1998 to 2008. The hypothesis is that income elasticity of demand for gambling products is greater than one i.e. gambling products are a luxury good. The alternate hypothesis is that the income elasticity of demand for gambling products are less than one and are classed as either necessity or inferior goods. Data compiled by the Queensland Treasury and Trade department, the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Statistics New Zealand and the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs was used to calculate income elasticities for all gambling products. The results indicate that income elasticity for gambling products varies over time and is greater than one pre FY2003 and less than one post FY2003. However, once the change in market share of different gambling products and the large increase in supply in the gaming industry sector (pre FY2003) was accounted for, income elasticities were estimated to be less than one in support of the alternate hypothesis. DPIBE, Dec 2015 Gambling Elasticity in AU and NZ 2

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Section: Theory and Literature Reviewmentioning

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The Income Elasticity of Gambling in Australia and New Zealand

Davies¹

2015

Deakin P Int Bus Econ

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“…more money to spend per member of household) than those with lower ones. Several other studies have confirmed such a positive link Layton & Worthington, 1999;Tan, Yen, & Nayga, 2010). Then again, a low-income individual might regard gambling as an investment opportunity rather than entertainment.…”

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Consumer behaviour in the scratch card market: a double-hurdle approach

Jaunky

Ramchurn²

2013

International Gambling Studies

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This paper investigates how various socio-demographic as well as psychological factors are related to the purchasing frequency of Le Millionaire scratch card in Mauritius. In order to obtain a refined description and understanding of consumer behaviour, special attempts have been made to control for the personality traits of an individual. The OCEAN model of personality is thereby considered. We employ crosssectional micro-data acquired from a household drop-off survey with a sample size of 1135 observations. Within a double-hurdle framework, gender, residential location, educational level, household income, alcohol consumption, other forms of gambling activities, and personality traits are found to be determining factors affecting an individual's decision to gamble in the scratch card market. Our findings help us to draw attention to the consequences of risk-taking behaviours and how personality-specific policies can be designed to influence gambling behaviour.

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“…Third, schools may leverage this parsimonious, quantitative model to identify, at an early stage, students relatively susceptible to problem/pathological gambling for prioritizing counseling services. Lastly, psychologists and psychiatrists may further investigate the psychological causality behind this parsimonious, quantitative model for the advancement of theories of addiction and related treatment and rehabilitation (Ladouceur, Sylvain, & Gosselin, 2007;Layton & Worthington, 1999;Nelson, LaPlante, LaBrie, & Shaffer, 2006), in particular in relation to adolescents. Furthermore, the aforementioned theoretical relationship is probably among the most general ones of its kind so far in that it is based on and derived from the full Schwartz Value Inventory (Schwartz, 1992), which is commonly regarded as one of the most general and universal models of human values.…”

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The General Relationship Between Universal Human Values and Adolescents’ Problem/Pathological Gambling in Macao: A Parsimonious, Quantitative Model

Chan

2013

Substance Use & Misuse

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This study modeled the general relationship between individual Macao adolescents' universal human values, measured by the Schwartz Values Inventory, and their problem/pathological gambling, indicated by the South Oaks Gambling Screen, using parsimonious, quantitative structural equation modeling. Data were collected through 471 questionnaires (261 females and 210 males) in 2010. Of the 10 value types in the Schwartz Values Inventory and derived value subtypes, only the human value subtype "nonfaith tradition" was found to be (negatively) related to problem/pathological gambling in the model. The corresponding factor loading was -0.07 (p = .015). This study was supported by the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau, the Government of Macao.

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The impact of socio‐economic factors on gambling expenditure

Cited by 46 publications

References 14 publications

The Income Elasticity of Gambling in Australia and New Zealand

The Income Elasticity of Gambling in Australia and New Zealand

Consumer behaviour in the scratch card market: a double-hurdle approach

The General Relationship Between Universal Human Values and Adolescents’ Problem/Pathological Gambling in Macao: A Parsimonious, Quantitative Model

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