Equivalence scales are routinely applied to adjust the income of households of different size and composition. Because of their practical importance for the measurement of inequality and poverty, a large number of methods for the estimation of equivalence scales have been proposed. Until now, no...

Income inequality and poverty risks receive a lot of attention in public debates and current research. However, the situation of families that di?er in size and composition is rarely considered more closely in this context. Relevant research typically relies on equivalence scales to make income...

Die Armutsforschung in der Bundesrepublik hat sich in den letzten Jahren etabliert und kontinuierlich weiterentwickelt. Dennoch lassen sich zwei Lücken in der empirischen Erforschung von Armut benennen. Da gibt es die mangelnde Berücksichtigung der Wohnkosten bei der Messung relativer...