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Two scales, one methodology : expenditure based equivalence scales for the United States and Germany

Merz, Joachim; Garner, Thesia Isedora; Smeeding, Timothy M. - 1994

for cross-national comparisons. -- alternative equivalence scale ; Germany ; USA ; distribution of income ; inequality … länderübergreifende Vergleiche benutzt werden. -- Alternative Äquivalenzskalen ; Deutschland ; USA ;Einkommensverteilung ; Ungleichheit …

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Two Scales, One Methodology-Expenditure Based Equivalence Scales for the United States and Germany

Merz, Joachim - 2009

Choosing an appropriate equivalence scale is a prerequisite for comparisons of economic wellbeing income distribution, inequality or poverty. This is true for country specific work or for cross-national comparisons. Researchers generally either use a country specific equivalence scale (social...

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Two scales, one methodology : expenditure based equivalence scales for the United States and Germany

Merz, Joachim (contributor) - 1994

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Semiparametric estimation of consumption based equivalence scales ; the case of Germany

Wilke, Ralf A. (contributor) - 2005 - Rev. version

Consumption based equivalence scales are estimated by applying the extended partially linear model (EPLM) to the 1998 Income and Consumption Survey (EVS) carried out in Germany. In this model the equivalence scales are identified by virtue of nonlinearities in household demand. Therefore, the...