scholarly journals A Regulatory Equivalence Scale for Poland’s Households in 2006–2014

2016 ◽  
Vol 285 (5) ◽  
pp. 71-89
Author(s):  
Leszek Morawski
Keyword(s):  
Equivalence Scale

scholarly journals Estimation of Equivalence Scale and Assessment of Its Impact on Poverty Measurement in Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 9081
Author(s):  
Md. Matiur Rahman ◽  
Seung-Hoon Jeon ◽  
Kyoung-Soo Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Household Consumption ◽  
Household Size ◽  
Poverty Measurement ◽  
Implicit Assumption ◽  
Equivalence Scale ◽  
Poverty Lines ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Scale Estimate

Anti-poverty policies for sustainable development require efficient targeting, for which appropriate poverty lines play a crucial role. In Bangladesh, official poverty lines are estimated with the implicit assumption that there are no economies of scale in household consumption with respect to household size or composition, which raises the question of the accuracy and reliability of the measurement of poverty line. We test the existence of economies of scale, estimate their size, and assess the impact of applying equivalence scale to poverty measurement, using the 2010 Household Income and Expenditure Survey data of Bangladesh. The results confirm the existence of economies of scale in household consumption. Following the model developed by Kakwani and Son, the overall index of economies of scale in household consumption is estimated around 0.85. Modified poverty lines show that under official poverty lines, the probability of being poor is high with respect to household size. The result implies that the poverty head-count ratio(HCR) for households with large number of members might be overestimated in Bangladesh, and that there may be an incentive for low income families to enlarge family size to avail of anti-poverty public transfers.

Equivalence Scales, Costs of Children and Wrongful Death Laws

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Lewbel ◽  
Richard Weckstein
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Equivalence Scales ◽  
Net Income ◽  
Identification Problems ◽  
Equivalence Scale ◽  
Welfare Comparison ◽  
Wrongful Death ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Costs Of Children

Wrongful death laws in the United States contain a concept of ‘net income', loosely defined as the deceased’s income minus his personal expenses. The family’s compensation is determined by a welfare comparison, obtained by introspection on the part of the judge or jury, but incorporating net income information that may be supplied by an economist. The relationship between equivalence scale and net income calculations are discussed, along with implications of equivalence scale identification problems for wrongful death compensation calculations. The net income concept is shown to be very closely related to the calculation of the costs of children.

scholarly journals Equivalence Scale in Terms of Polish Households' Source of Income

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paweł Ulman
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Equivalence Scales ◽  
Function Estimation ◽  
Demand Equation ◽  
Maintenance Costs ◽  
Linear Expenditure System ◽  
Equivalence Scale ◽  
Expenditure System

Equivalence Scale in Terms of Polish Households' Source of Income The paper presents a comparison of the costs of Polish households by their main source of income. In order to compare these costs the author estimated three kinds of equivalence scales using the Engel method, ELES (Extended Linear Expenditure System), the demand equation and the Bernoulli well-being function. Estimation for household groups determined on account of the main source of income produced by the scales confirmed differences in households' maintenance costs compared to the costs of the reference household. A comparison of the values of equivalence scales revealed a similarity of the results produced by the ELES and the Bernoulli methods which differed from the results obtained by means of the Engel method.

Subjective equivalence scale – cross-country and time differences

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 1092-1105
Author(s):  
Malgorzata Kalbarczyk-Steclik ◽  
Rafal Mista ◽  
Leszek Morawski
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Equivalence Scales ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Euro Zone ◽  
Poverty Threshold ◽  
Equivalence Scale ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Eastern And Western Europe

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to calculate the subjective equivalence scale and poverty rates for Poland and compare them to equivalence scales in Eastern and Western Europe. Design/methodology/approach The analysis is based on European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions data for 2005-2012. In particular, the authors capture the minimum needs income question and, knowing the minimum needs income of each individual’s observation, apply OLS regression controlling for income and household structure to estimate the poverty threshold, equivalence scales and poverty. Findings The subjective equivalence scales for the Euro Zone are constant for the period 2004-2012 and less stable for the CEE countries. The child cost in relation to the cost brought by an additional adult is higher in the CEE countries than in the Euro Zone countries. The subjective poverty rates are lower than the OECD rates. The only exceptions are Latvia, Estonia and Bulgaria. Originality/value The authors extend the analysis made by Bishop et al. (2014) by adding data for the years after 2007 and countries outside the Euro Zone.

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