Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/91702 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Working Paper Series No. 2013-26
Publisher: 
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Colchester
Abstract: 
We propose a nonparametric matching approach to estimation of implicit costs based on the compensating variation (CV) principle. We apply the method to estimate the additional personal costs experienced by disabled older people in Great Britain, finding that those costs are substantial, averaging in the range £48-61 a week, compared with the mean level of state disability benefit (£28) or total public support (£47) received. Estimated costs rise strongly with the severity of disability. We compare the nonparametric approach with the standard parametric method, finding that the latter tends to generate large overestimates unless conditions are ideal. The nonparametric approach has much to recommend it.
Subjects: 
compensating variation
disability
matching
nonparametric
JEL: 
C81
D1
I1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.