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768322
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b588308
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Carsten Schröder.
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Variable income equivalence scales : : an empirical approach\ Carsten Schröder.
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| Publication Statement
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Heidelberg ; New York : Physica-Verlag, ©2004.
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Contributions to economics.
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(viii, 168 pages) : illustrations
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| ISBN
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3790827118
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: 9783790827118
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| Notes
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Kiel, Germany.
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| Contents
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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.
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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. Another key feature is that the derived data adds information as to the impact of two key variables on equivalence scales: income and the number of employed household members. In contrast to the standard independence of base assumption, the equivalence scales presented are inversely related to the income level of the reference household (a single adult), and increase in the number of employed household members.
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Household surveys -- Methodology.
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Income distribution -- Mathematical models.
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Welfare economics -- Mathematical models.
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Carsten Schröder
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