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Variable income equivalence scales : an empirical approach /

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The book presents a new survey method for assessing equivalence scales. While previous surveys have frequently been accused of providing data which are substantially biased by respondents' personal characteristics and other subjective biases the new method keeps bias to an absolute minimum. Ano...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schröder, Carsten, 1972-
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg ; New York : Physica-Verlag, [2004]
Series:Contributions to economics.
Subjects:
Income distribution > Mathematical models.
Household surveys > Methodology.
Welfare economics > Mathematical models.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Equivalence-Scale Measurement
  • The Potential Dependence of Equivalence Scales on Income
  • Equivalence Scales, Employment and Household Production
  • A New Consensual Approach
  • Survey I
  • Survey II
  • Conclusion.