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Equivalence Scales And The Welfare Of Children: A Comment On “Is There Bias In The Economic Literature On Equivalence Scales?”

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  • Hilde Bojer
  • Julie A. Nelson

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In a recent issue of this journal, M. Luisa Ferriera, Reuben C. Buse, and Jan‐Paul Chavas argue that the equivalence scales implicit in the official U.S. poverty line and in public welfare programs overcompensate parents for their children, with resulting negative distributional and incentive effects. We show that their analysis is based on a very particular, and ethically unappealing, assumption about the importance of children's well‐being.

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  • Hilde Bojer & Julie A. Nelson, 1999. "Equivalence Scales And The Welfare Of Children: A Comment On “Is There Bias In The Economic Literature On Equivalence Scales?”," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 45(4), pages 531-534, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revinw:v:45:y:1999:i:4:p:531-534
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1999.tb00364.x
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    1. Mauro Maltagliati & Gustavo Santis, 2001. "De gustibus non est disputandum? A new approach to the estimation of equivalence scales," Statistical Methods & Applications, Springer;Società Italiana di Statistica, vol. 10(1), pages 211-236, January.

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