Merz, Joachim; Faik, Jürgen - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 214 (1995) 4, pp. 425-447
Summary Equivalence scales are a prerequisite for any economic well-being comparison with measures on income distribution, inequality and poverty. This paper provides new equivalence scales based on revealed preference consumption microdata. We concentrate on single expenditure Engel equations...