ON MEASURING CHILD COSTS - WITH APPLICATIONS TO POOR COUNTRIES
ON MEASURING CHILD COSTS - WITH APPLICATIONS TO POOR COUNTRIES
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DOI：
10.1086/261405
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发表时间：
1986-08-01
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
MUELLBAUER, J
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作者：
DEATON, AS;MUELLBAUER, J
测量儿童成本的理论基础进行了讨论，并详细考虑了两个简单的程序计算，恩格尔的食品份额的方法和罗斯巴特的成人好的方法。这些方法中的每一种都体现了对儿童成本的不同定义，因此，根据所使用的方法，相同的经验证据可以产生完全不同的估计数。它表明，真实成本一般被高估的恩格尔的方法和低估的罗斯巴特的程序，虽然后者，不像前者，可以提供一个合理的起点成本计量。根据斯里兰卡和印度尼西亚的数据，我们估计，孩子的花费大约是父母花费的30%到40%。
The theoretical basis for measuring child costs is discussed, and detailed consideration is given to two straightforward procedures for calculation, Engel's food share method and Rothbarth's adult good method. Each of these methods embodies different definitions of child costs so that the same empirical evidence can generate quite different estimates depending on the method used. It is shown that true costs are generally overstated by Engel's method and understated by Rothbarth's procedure, although the latter, unlike the former, can provide a sensible starting point for cost measurement. Our estimates from Sri Lankan and Indonesian data suggest that children cost their parents about 30-40 percent of what they spend on themselves.