Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18212 
Year of Publication: 
2000
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 227
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
In this paper a new method to estimate the equivalence scale elasticity using individual panel data on income satisfaction will be developed. In contrast to other subjective approaches, the present one benefits from the fact that no direct cardinal individual welfare function has to be specified. In addition, panel data enables different scale use by the respondents to be controlled. The approach gives straightforward evidence: Obviously there is an optimal elasticity at which people feel satisfied with their income.
Subjects: 
equivalence scales
income satisfaction
panel data
JEL: 
C23
I31
D31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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