household economies of scale; equivalence scales; survey method; independence of base;
Résumé :
[en] 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.
Disciplines :
Domaines particuliers de l’économie (santé, travail, transport...)
Identifiants :
UNILU:UL-ARTICLE-2013-092
Auteur, co-auteur :
KOULOVATIANOS, Christos ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Center for Research in Economic Analysis (CREA)
Schröder, Carsten; Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel
Schmidt, Ulrich; Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre (Department of Economics) Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel (University of Kiel)
Langue du document :
Anglais
Titre :
Properties of Equivalence Scales in Different Countries
