Front Page, Abstract and Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Equivalence-Scale Measurement Chapter 3: Rothbarth Scales Chapter 4: Price Effects and Equivalence Scales Chapter 5: Economies of Scale Chapter 6: Conclusion Bibliography, Appendix and List of Symbols and Abbreviations German SummaryIn many applications, in social policy and development policy as well as poverty and inequality analysis, households of different demographic composition have to be compared with respect to income and well-being. The needs and the welfare of a household depend on household income, on the number of household members, and on other demographic characteristics. To compare the income of two households, the effect of the numb...
The discussion paper examines sensitivity influences on the German personal income distribution in a...
This paper examines the impact on German personal income distribution of income-dependent (variable)...
Household equivalence scales are not identified from consumer demand data alone. We estimate househo...
Authors' draft. Working paper dated August 14, 2004. Final version available online at http://www.sc...
peer reviewedHousehold consumption exhibits economies of scale as the number of household members in...
The discussion paper deals with sensitivity influences upon the German personal income distribution ...
Die Äquivalenzskalen: ein Überblick iiber die Fachliteratur, von Valérie Lechene. Die Modellierun...
Equivalence scales provide answers to questions like how much a household with four children needs t...
Equivalence scales are a prerequisite for any economic well-being comparison with measures on income...
Equivalence scales are routinely applied to adjust the income of households of different sizes and c...
Consumption based equivalence scales are estimated by applying the extended partially linear model (...
peer reviewedRecent studies in high-income industrialized countries have shown that equivalence scal...
Equivalence scales are routinely applied to adjust the income of households of different sizes and c...
How large are the economies of scale of living together? And how do partners share their resources? ...
Household equivalence scales are often used to help perform welfare comparisons across households wi...
The discussion paper examines sensitivity influences on the German personal income distribution in a...
This paper examines the impact on German personal income distribution of income-dependent (variable)...
Household equivalence scales are not identified from consumer demand data alone. We estimate househo...
Authors' draft. Working paper dated August 14, 2004. Final version available online at http://www.sc...
peer reviewedHousehold consumption exhibits economies of scale as the number of household members in...
The discussion paper deals with sensitivity influences upon the German personal income distribution ...
Die Äquivalenzskalen: ein Überblick iiber die Fachliteratur, von Valérie Lechene. Die Modellierun...
Equivalence scales provide answers to questions like how much a household with four children needs t...
Equivalence scales are a prerequisite for any economic well-being comparison with measures on income...
Equivalence scales are routinely applied to adjust the income of households of different sizes and c...
Consumption based equivalence scales are estimated by applying the extended partially linear model (...
peer reviewedRecent studies in high-income industrialized countries have shown that equivalence scal...
Equivalence scales are routinely applied to adjust the income of households of different sizes and c...
How large are the economies of scale of living together? And how do partners share their resources? ...
Household equivalence scales are often used to help perform welfare comparisons across households wi...
The discussion paper examines sensitivity influences on the German personal income distribution in a...
This paper examines the impact on German personal income distribution of income-dependent (variable)...
Household equivalence scales are not identified from consumer demand data alone. We estimate househo...