Equivalence scales are often used to adjust household income for differences in characteristics that affect needs. For … consumption. However, in comparing economic well-being across countries and/or time, we ask whether it is appropriate to use the … same equivalence scale if consumption expenditure patterns differ? We estimate equivalence scales for eight countries with …

economies of scale are understated (as is the case when using the 'square root of household size'), the relative poverty …, but not twice as much due to the economies of scale in consumption. In this study, we ask whether it is appropriate to use … a common equivalence scale when comparing economic well-being across countries and/or time if consumption expenditure …

Poverty is typically measured as insufficient yearly income or consumption. In practice, however, poverty is marked by … targeting transfers to challenging periods can reduce poverty most effectively by compensating for imperfect consumption … poverty measures to include a temporal dimension. Using panel data from rural India, we show how conventional poverty measures …

system (QUAIDS) model controlling also for total expenditure on food, region of residence, household size, age of head of … household, whether women are working, number of time in which the household buys ready food, household type and income quartiles …. Focusing on the consumption technology function, effects of food price variation on calories intake, energy from fats and …