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The Measurement of Child Costs: Evidence from IrelandOlivier BargainInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA); University College Dublin (UCD) Olivier DonniUniversity of Cergy-Pontoise - THEMA; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA); Centre Interuniversitaire sur le risque, les politiques économiques et l'emploi (CIRPÉE) Monnet GbakouUniversity of Lyon 2 - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique (GATE) IZA Discussion Paper No. 4672 Abstract: We apply an extension of the Rothbarth approach to estimate the share of household resources accruing to children (i.e., the cost of children) in Ireland. The method also allows us to identify the economies of scale in the household and indifference scales in Lewbel (2003)'s sense. A practical aspect of the present approach is that it does not require price variation. The identification of the children's share requires the observation of adult-specific goods as in the traditional Rothbarth method. We compare our findings to previous results for Ireland.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 24 Keywords: consumer demand, collective model, sharing rule, cost of children, equivalence scales, indifference scales JEL Classification: D11, D12, C30, D36, I31, J12 working papers seriesDate posted: January 4, 2010Suggested CitationContact Information
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