.e. ignoring within-household inequality). This assessment of existing approaches to measure individual inequality and poverty is …

.e. ignoring within-household inequality). This assessment of existing approaches to measure individual inequality and poverty is …

.e. ignoring within-household inequality). This assessment of existing approaches to measure individual inequality and poverty is …

of their practical importance for the measurement of inequality and poverty, a large number of methods for the estimation … this paper, we employ German household expenditure data to estimate exact equivalence scales using several parametric … inequality and poverty. We conclude that differences in estimation methods for equivalence scales might be less important than …

household demand patterns for food are affected by spouse’s relative bargaining power. Failure to account for these effects …

effect of children and a structural estimation strategy when households face constraints. Finally, I estimate the effect of … register data. Results suggest that children does not affect household consumption in the same magnitude previously assumed …

The 2020 Covid-19 pandemic led to a large number of studies in household finance, using new high-frequency data in … close to real time. This paper surveys household behavior during the pandemic, with a focus on consumption, government … recessions, likely due to government debt relief policies. Household investment behavior was affected by pandemic-induced changes …

We provide a nonparametric 'revealed preference' characterization of rational household behavior in terms of the … nature of consumption externalities (positive or negative) in the intra-household allocation process is non-testable. The …, monotonicity is testable for the model that assumes all household consumption is public …

We demonstrate that interpersonal comparisons lead to "keeping up with the Joneses"-behavior. Using annual household … the consumption level of all households who are perceived to be richer, on household savings and consumption. When …