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Female income differentials and social benefits: A four country comparison

Sierminska, Eva - 2004

Past literature on the family gap - the difference in outcomes for mothers and women without children - discusses …

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A comparison of income, expenditures, and home market value distributions using Luxembourg Income Study data from the 1990s

Sierminska, Eva; Garner, Thesia I. - 2002

The purpose of this paper is to review recent data made available through the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) that include expenditures and asset valuations. The LIS data are augmented with comparable data from the U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey. The surveys with expenditure data are reviewed in...

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Differences across place and time in household expenditure patterns: Implications for the estimation of equivalence scales

Daley, Angela; Garner, Thesia Isedora; Phipps, Shelley A.; … - 2020

Equivalence scales are often used to adjust household income for differences in characteristics that affect needs. For example, a family of two is assumed to need more income than a single person, but not double due to economies of scale in consumption. However, in comparing economic well-being...

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Inequality, poverty and child benefits: Evidence from a natural experiment

Paradowski, Piotr R.; Wolszczak-Derlacz, Joanna; … - 2020

Family 500 +) on inequality and poverty. The analysis is based on micro-level household data from the Luxembourg Income Study … (LIS) and Statistics Poland. We examine the changes in various indicators of inequality and poverty (Gini index, subjective … and relative poverty rates) and their decomposition. We find evidence that the program substantially reduces inequality …

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