"Household economies of scale arise when households with multiple members share public goods, making larger households … better off at lower per capita expenditures. While estimates of household economies of scale are critical for measuring … income and living standards, we do not know how these scale economies change over time. I use American household expenditure …

Household economies of scale arise when households with multiple members share public goods, making larger households … better off at lower per capita expenditures. While estimates of household economies of scale are critical for measuring … income and living standards, we do not know how these scale economies change over time. I use American household expenditure …

Household economies of scale arise when households with multiple members share public goods, making larger households … better off at lower per capita expenditures. While estimates of household economies of scale are critical for measuring … income and living standards, we do not know how these scale economies change over time. I use American household expenditure …