De Rock, Bram; Cherchye, Laurens; Vermeulen, Frederic - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, … - 2012
We apply the collective consumption model of Browning et al. (2010) to analyse economic well-being and poverty among the elderly. The model focuses on individual preferences, a consumption technology that captures the economies of scale of living in a couple, and a sharing rule that governs the...