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dc.contributor.authorWilke, Ralf A.en
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-16T14:48:24Z-
dc.date.available2009-02-16T14:48:24Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/24062-
dc.description.abstractConsumption 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.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aZentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) |cMannheimen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aZEW Discussion Papers |x04-53en
dc.relation.hasversionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/24693en
dc.subject.jelH53en
dc.subject.jelC31en
dc.subject.jelD12en
dc.subject.jelC14en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordsemiparametric estimationen
dc.subject.keywordwild bootstrappingen
dc.subject.keywordequivalence scalesen
dc.subject.keywordsocial benefitsen
dc.subject.stwDisparitätsmassen
dc.subject.stwVerbraucherausgabenen
dc.subject.stwSozialhilfeen
dc.subject.stwNichtparametrisches Verfahrenen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleSemiparametric Estimation of Consumption Based Equivalence Scales: The Case of Germany-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn391527339en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:zewdip:2191en

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