primarily changes income and expenditure patterns, widowhood fundamentally changes the structure of the household. Beside high … consumption are lost. This paper applies the Lewbel and Pendakur (2008) collective household model to expenditure data on elderly … households in Switzerland. The findings suggest that between 40 and 50% of household resources are assigned to wives and both …

are significant differences regarding the marital status, the presence of at least one child in the household and whether … the household is located in a former West or East German federal state. Married couples and couples with children are …

are significant differences regarding the marital status, the presence of at least one child in the household and whether … the household is located in a former West or East German federal state. Married couples and couples with children are …

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 …