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The measurement of child costs: A Rothbarth-Type method consistent with scale economies
Bargain, Olivier; Donni, Olivier - 2010
We propose a new methodology to estimate the share of household income accruing to children (i.e., the cost of children). Following the principle of the Rothbarth approach, the identification of the children's share requires the observation of at least one adult-specific good. However, our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292863
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The measurement of child costs: a rothbarth-type method consistent with scale economies
Bargain, Olivier; Donni, Olivier - 2009
We propose a new methodology to estimate the share of household income accruing to children (i.e., the cost of children). Following the principle of the Rothbarth approach, the identification of the children's share requires the observation of at least one adult-specific good. However, our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269709
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Intrahousehold distribution and child poverty: Theory and evidence from Côte d'Ivoire
Bargain, Olivier; Donni, Olivier; Kwenda, Prudence - 2011
joint consumption. In this paper, we extend the collective model of household consumption to recover mother's, father's and … measures of poverty show that parents are highly compensated by the scale economies due to joint consumption. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282294
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A Temporary VAT Cut as Unconventional Fiscal Policy
Bachmann, Ruediger; Born, Benjamin; Goldfayn-Frank, Olga; … - 2021
households’ consumption expenditures and their perceived pass-through of the tax change into prices to quantify its effects. The … consumption spending by 34 billion Euros. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799699
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Pandemic Consumption
Bachmann, Ruediger; Bayer, Christian; Kornejew, Martin - 2023
This paper examines how households adjusted their consumption behavior in response to COVID-19 infection risk during … the early phase of the pandemic. We use a monthly consumption survey specifically designed by the German Statistical … Office covering the second wave of COVID-19 infections from September to November 2020. Households reduced their consumption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290307
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A temporary VAT cut as unconventional fiscal policy
Bachmann, Ruediger; Born, Benjamin; Goldfayn-Frank, Olga; … - 2021
households' consumption expenditures and their perceived pass-through of the tax change into prices to quantify its effects. The … consumption spending by 34 billion Euros. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012668478
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Pandemic consumption
Bachmann, Ruediger; Bayer, Christian; Kornejew, Martin - 2023
This paper examines how households adjusted their consumption behavior in response to COVID-19 infection risk during … the early phase of the pandemic. We use a monthly consumption survey specifically designed by the German Statistical … Office covering the second wave of COVID-19 infections from September to November 2020. Households reduced their consumption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014252555
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An integrated approach for top-corrected Ginis
Bartels, Charlotte; Metzing, Maria - 2017
Household survey data provide a rich information set on income, household context and demographic variables, but tend to under report incomes at the very top of the distribution. Administrative data like tax records offer more precise information on top incomes, but at the expense of household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011622577
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An Integrated Approach for Top-Corrected Ginis
Bartels, Charlotte; Metzing, Maria - 2017
Household survey data provide a rich information set on income, household context and demographic variables, but tend to under report incomes at the very top of the distribution. Administrative data like tax records offer more precise information on top incomes, but at the expense of household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653301
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Survey under-coverage of top incomes and estimation of inequality: What is the role of the UK's SPI adjustment?
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Hérault, Nicolas; Jenkins, … - 2017
Survey under-coverage of top incomes leads to bias in survey-based estimates of overall income inequality. Using income tax record data in combination with survey data is a potential approach to address the problem; we consider here the UK's pioneering "SPI adjustment" method that implements...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012028770