| Titre | Une revue de la littérature sur les échelles d'équivalence | |
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| Auteur | Valérie Lechene | |
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Revue | Economie et prévision |
| Numéro | no 110-111, 1993/4-5 Fiscalité et redistribution | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Fiscalité et redistribution |
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| Page | 169-182 | |
| Résumé anglais |
A Review ofthe Literature on Equivalence Scales,
by Valérie Lechene.
Controversial literature abounds on modelling the effect of children on economic behaviour. This is due both to the fact that the cost of children needs to be measured in order to answer many economic questions and also that ambiguousness exists as to the field of application for the current models. The integration of socio-demographic characteristics into the microeconomic tool leads to the construction of equivalence scales, which are designed as indices of the cost of the characteristics and used to analyze demand and measure welfare. The equivalence scales, which are designed as indices of the cost of the characteristics and used to analyze demand and measure welfare. The article presents the fundamental problem of identifying scales using demand data and shows what the equivalence scales really measure. Lastly, the main models used are presented, i.e. those of Engel, Rothbarth, Barten, and Prais and Houthakker. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/ecop_0249-4744_1993_num_110_4_5640 |
