Download This PaperProperties of Equivalence Scales in Different Countries
10 Pages Posted: 27 Feb 2005
Date Written: February 18, 2005
Abstract
Recent studies in high-income industrialized countries have shown that equivalence scales are income-dependent. We investigate whether this dependence also holds in poorer, services oriented countries, by considering the example of Cyprus. We also examine whether household economies of scale and relative children costs differ.
Keywords: household economies of scale, equivalence scales, survey method, independence of base
JEL Classification: C42, C90, D31, D63, I31
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