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Per-capita income versus household-need adjusted income: a cross-country comparison

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  • Christos Koulovatianos

    (University of Nottingham, Centre for Finance and Credit Markets (Nottingham), Center for Financial Studies (Frankfurt))

  • Polina Minkovski

    (New York University)

  • Carsten Schröder

    (University of Kiel)

Abstract

We use data from the Luxembourg Income Study in order to quantify the economy-wide monetary gains achieved by Household-Size Economies, due to the within-household sharing of goods by individuals living in multi-member households. In most of the twenty countries we examine, we observe a decline in monetary gains achieved by Household-Size Economies over time. This decline is the result of a demographic trend towards smaller-sized household units, rather than a change in the shares of aggregate disposable income earned by household types of different size.

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  • Christos Koulovatianos & Polina Minkovski & Carsten Schröder, 2009. "Per-capita income versus household-need adjusted income: a cross-country comparison," Journal of Income Distribution, Ad libros publications inc., vol. 18(3-4), pages 11-23, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:jid:journl:y:2009:v:18:i:3-4:p:11-23
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    Keywords

    equivalence scale; welfare; demographic change; Luxembourg Income Study; household size economies; income distribution; family economics;
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    JEL classification:

    • D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts

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