@techreport{Wilke2004Semiparametric,
abstract = {Consumption based equivalence scales are estimated by applying the extended partially
linear model (EPLM) to the 1998 Income and Consumption Survey (EVS) of
Germany. The chosen flexible semiparametric specification is able to capture a large
variety of functional forms of household expenditure shares; it yields root-N-consistent
parameter estimates and is consistent with consumer theory. The model specification
seems to be appropriate for many demographic groups of the survey population. The
estimated equivalence scales are mostly lower than the expert equivalence scales of
the German social benefits system and the OECD scales. The large standard errors
of the estimates indicate that there is still unexplained noise in the data even after
constructing homogenous data segments for the estimations.},
address = {Mannheim},
author = {Ralf A. Wilke},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {H53; C31; D12; C14; 330; semiparametric estimation; wild bootstrapping; equivalence scales; social benefits; Disparit\"{a}tsmass; Verbraucherausgaben; Sozialhilfe; Nichtparametrisches Verfahren; Sch\"{a}tzung; Deutschland},
language = {eng},
note = {More recent version: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/24693},
number = {04-53},
publisher = {Zentrum f\"{u}r Europ\"{a}ische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)},
title = {Semiparametric Estimation of Consumption Based Equivalence Scales: The Case of Germany},
type = {ZEW Discussion Papers},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/24062},
year = {2004}
}
