Variable Income Equivalence Scales An Empirical Approach
The book presents a new survey method for assessing equivalence scales. While previous surveys have frequently been accused of providing data which are substantially biased by respondents' personal characteristics and other subjective biases the new method keeps bias to an absolute minimum. Ano...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Heidelberg
Physica-Verlag HD
2004, 2004
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2004 |
| Series: | Contributions to Economics
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1.1 A Brief Overview
- 1.2 Objective of the Thesis
- 1.3 Structure of the Thesis
- Equivalence-Scale Measurement
- 2.1 Expert Approaches
- 2.2 Economic Approaches
- 2.3 Survey Approaches
- The Potential Dependence of Equivalence Scales on Income
- 3.1 Plausibility of Constant Equivalence Scales
- 3.2 Empirical Picture
- 3.3 Conclusion
- Equivalence Scales, Employment and Household Production
- 4.1 The Earnings-Capacity Argument
- 4.2 The Household Production Argument
- 4.3 Conclusion
- A New Consensual Approach
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 The New Survey Design
- 5.3 On the Choice of Income as an Indicator of Well-Being
- 5.4 Validity and Reliability: Test Methods
- Survey I
- 6.1 Motivation and Outline
- 6.2 Questionnaire Design
- 6.3 Breakdown of the Samples
- 6.4 Regression Model, Notation, and Data Preparation
- 6.5 Country-specific Regression Analysis
- 6.6 Cross-country Differences
- 6.7 Descriptive Analysis
- 6.8 Validity
- 6.9 Reliability
- Survey II
- 7.1 Motivation and Outline
- 7.2 On Internet Surveys
- 7.3 Questionnaire Design
- 7.4 Breakdown of the Samples
- 7.5 Regression Model, Notation, and Data Preparation
- 7.6 Country-specific Regression Analysis
- 7.7 Cross-country Differences
- 7.8 Descriptive Analysis
- 7.9 Validity
- 7.10 Reliability
- Conclusion
- List of Symbols
- List of Figures and Tables
- References