Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/145545 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2016: Demographischer Wandel - Session: Subjective Well-Being in Uncertain Times: The Role of Working Hours, Income Adjustments, and Financial Crises No. A07-V3
Publisher: 
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel und Hamburg
Abstract: 
We estimate household equivalence scales using income satisfaction data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. We extend previous studies applying this approach by taking reference income into account. This allows separating needs-based from reference effects in the determination of income satisfaction. We show that this adjustment helps to overcome a bias causing an overestimation of adults’ and an underestimation of children’s equivalence weights. Our results indicate that controlling for income comparisons completely eliminates the gap between equivalence scale parameters for adults and children found in other studies. Furthermore, the equivalence weight of children appears to be decreasing in household income.
JEL: 
I32
J13
D31
Document Type: 
Conference Paper

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